Agricultural investment While structural transformation from agriculture to services led growth is a positive feature, corresponding movement in terms of population dependent on respective sectors has not occurred. The share of agriculture in total income has dropped to 17 per cent; still more than 60 per cent of population continues to draw its livelihood from this sector.
This workforce also accounts for sizeable proportion of poor in the country. There is an urgent need to enhance investment in this sector not only to raise crop productivity, but also to create employment opportunities outside the farming.