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For some, it entails growth into specialized, market-oriented farms; for others, part-time farming combined with off-farm rural jobs; and for others, a move out of agriculture.
The scope for increasing jobs in agriculture, however, is limited, especially in the more advanced Green Revolution states such as Punjab.
Instead, this type of work appears to be the domain of asset-poor households that are marginally engaged in agriculture.
There is also evidence of crop by-products and weeds specific to crop fields, which support local agriculture.
In secondary schools where agriculture is taught, students were generally favorable in their overall attitudes to agriculture, but there was only moderate indication that they would pursue the field further as a career.
There is some suggestion that theyare, in fact, responsible for a downturn in thefortunes of agriculture.