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Agriculture is an important avocation of people of India from time immemorial and its contribution to Indian economy has been phenomenal over the years. In addition agriculture is also a major employment provider to a large chunk of population in India both in rural areas as well as through agrobased industries spread in other areas. The well being of agriculture and rural society goes hand in hand. The rural development often hinges on the progress in the field of agriculture. Of late, the problems affecting the agriculture are reflected in the poor progress in rural areas. Although a large number of programmes have been undertaken to hasten the progress in the field of agriculture, there are many more issues adversely affecting the agriculture remain unattended. Besides, the emerging problems in agriculture have greatly retarded the progress of rural development. This book overviews the interrelationship between agriculture and rural development, current problems hampering the progress of agriculture and measures to address those problems.