Farming plays a significant role in the Indian economy. Over 53% of the rural households depend on agriculture as their chief means of livelihood with 52% share in employment. India has blessed with all the things, which are required for the development of the country, like the availability of needed precipitation, most significant human resource, diversifies biodiversity and the year around market demand. However, the share of agriculture to the GDP in 1951 was around 54%, which was less than 16% in 2017-2018. During the globalization period around 1991-1992, on a perception of increasing productivity, farmers followed the indiscriminate application of an enormous quantity of fertilizers, chemicals, overexploitation of groundwater and natural resources was observed. Due to this, the input cost has been increasing day by day and farming has become unrewarding over the years. Because of this, the farm income is increasingly declining, so the majority Abstract Farming in India is experiencing a structural change leading to a crisis. The growth rate of agricultural output is steadily declining in recent years. The relative contribution of the farming sector to the total GDP has been decreasing over time increasingly. The present study was conducted in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, India. Total 100 agricultural landholders from 20 villages were selected to identify factors experienced by them for avoiding farming as a livelihood by employing Ex-Post-Facto research design. It is observed that 'r' computed between factors to avoid agriculture as a livelihood and age (0.589), education (0.330), farming experience (0.250), occupation (0.446), livestock possession (0.207), annual income (− 0.236) was found to be significant at 0.01 level of significance. It could be observed from regression analysis that the personal factors had a powerful effect (0.730) on avoiding agriculture as a profession, influencing in a positive direction. Followed by this, economic factor (0.291) and social factor (0.229) also influenced positively and significantly. The information on the personal, social, economic, psychological, market, situational, labor and next-generation factors experienced by agricultural landholders is analyzed to have in-depth knowledge of each factor. The analyzed suggestions will help to make agriculture a profitable enterprise and attract the farmers and youths to continue the farming activities. The solution to the problem is not in a few packages and programs but in drastic changes in the present policies related to agriculture need to be focused. Other sector's growth and development must not be at the cost of agriculture. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
