SHARE   SHARE   SHARE   EMAIL   SHARE   COMMENT While the government’s 16-point action plan to boost agriculture is welcome, what’s more important is to minimise the risks farmers face in farm-to-market cycle While agriculture contributes about 15 per cent to the country’s GDP, it also sustains more than 600 million Indians or half the population of the country. This is an important aspect in the present scenario as the agri-sector will also be expected to play a crucial role in the revival of the Indian economy from its current despondent state.