Why so few cuestion about agriculture?

Question

Industrial countries are counter fighting oil prices with food prices, why so little people involved in agriculture?

Answer 1

The little people are doing their best.  It is a shame so few people are getting involved though!

Answer 2

Please refer to the Indian and Chinese scenario and dont forget the Third World and the developing countries. So many people involved and the whole ec onomy is based on the agricultural produce and so many peop;e are involved.

Yes your observation is right that there are few questions only on agricultural problems.

Mainly this is because the farmers do not time to wait for answers for their questions adn secondly most of the questions are having solutions already availabe in their neighbourhood very few ask the questions.

Many a time I reead the question and feel that most of these are asked by non-agricultural friends who have not seen the field or a farm animal in their life time.

You will find many questions related to agriculture under the heading ,plants' 'gardening' 'pets' etc.

As per the latest report from the World Bank, although agriculture contributes only a fifth of India’s GDP, its importance in the country’s economic, social, and political fabric goes well beyond this indicator. Agriculture provides livelihoods to 60 percent of the rural people, the majority of whom are poor, and remains vital for the country’s food security. After the Green Revolution of the 1970s which enabled India to achieve self-sufficiency in foodgrains, agricultural growth has slowed - from 3.5 percent in mid 1980s to 1990s to less than 2 percent in mid 1990s to 2000s. Slow agricultural growth and the consequent widening of the gap between rural and urban incomes has become a major cause for concern. The Government of India is therefore placing high priority on reducing poverty by raising agricultural productivity.

http://www.worldbank.org.in/WBSITE/EXTER...

Answer 3

So few people in the population as a whole hardly give farmers or farming a thought. Most people are so far removed from agriculture that their only contact with agriculture is at the grocery store. Therefore their thoughts about farmers now are negative ones. They feel with the high prices they are having to pay now that the farmers are getting rich. They don't realize that the farmer are getting a fraction of that high price that they are paying. Also how bad the high fuel prices are hurting the farmer, as well as higher prices for fertilizer, stock feed, etc. So few people are involved with agriculture because the small family farmer has been going out of business and taken over by the large farmer. The small farms are starting to make a come back in recent years as speciality farms, organic farms, and permaculture farms.

Answer 4

Corporate farmers think they have all the answers already.  Why would they bother asking anybody.

Answer 5

I guess farmers know what they're doing, and nobody else cares where their food comes from.

Answer 6

Are they not?

Answer 7

The profit margin is too narrow to attract any but those that literally love the lifestyle and are willing to make the sacrifice to stay in it.