Agriculture is one of the most fundamental instruments for poverty alleviation food security and sustainable development of a society throughout the world. Three out of every four people in the developing countries live in rural areas, and the livelihoods of about 60 per cent of the population depend on agriculture. Agricultural diversification is a process that refers to structuring agricultural operations in a manner that allows for varied uses of resources such as land, capital, livestock, equipment, and other assets. As with most forms of diversification, the idea is to allocate the available resources in a manner that makes the most efficient use of them while also returning the greatest level of satisfaction from the venture. Agricultural diversification can occur in just about any type of farming or agricultural setting, ranging from hobby to working farms of all sizes. In the present study, an attempt has been made to investigates a special distribution infrastructural and level of agricultural development in the study area and to examine are extent nature of speed and determinants of agricultural diversification with special request to its economic viability and environment sustainability. It has been sought to examine the factors to fulfill the agriculture diversification through farmer driven experimentation and to examine the impact of agricultural diversification are social economic conditions of the people. This research study will be very use full and helpful for policy machinery planning and agricultural scientist, geographers, researchers who are engaged in this field. The study discussed factors responsible for agricultural diversification at different level: state (Uttarakhand) and farms of Dehradun district in (Uttarakhand). The study indicated about concentration of non-food crops, on several possible factors such as income, land distribution, irrigation intensity, institutional credit, road density, urbanization and market penetration. The study emphasized that increased road density, urbanization encourages commercialization of agriculture and with commercialization; farms in a region are increasingly specialized under certain crops-groups as per the resources, infrastructure and institution of the region. The study concluded that the credit not only solve the problem of food crisis but also help it increase the economic growth, saving, employment, and industries etc. in the country. The following recommendation are made: Short term and long term loans problem solutions is required for the improvement of the farmer. A special quota of credit for small farmer is necessary. Farmer schooling is needed in the project area. Short run and long run benefit cost analysis before loan provision is compulsory.

Indian Council of Social Science Research

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