Seeds, fertilisers and insecticide stocks have rallied on the back of good monsoons

Agriculture accounts for barely a sixth of the GDP and its share is gradually falling. But that does not make the farm sector any less important. According to Census 2011, 54.6 per cent of the country’s population is dependent on agriculture and allied activities for income generation. Monsoon rainfall has a considerable bearing on the country’s food-grain production. About two-thirds of the c...