I am a little stunned to learn that you see no problem with a few million farmers giving up agriculture!! We are not talking about a few farmers but a few MILLION. No matter how much the services or industrial sectors expand, they still do not produce food for human consumption. Would you agree that the world is headed for a food crisis? As of now, agricultural land is being sold mostly for industrial purposes, building of malls and office complexes etc. And that should be seen as problematic. Because we are not just losing farmers, but also farmland! Economists have argued both in favour and against size of farmlands being the main cause for low Agricultural productivity in India. But even if the productivity is low because the farms are small, something should be done at a policy level to attempt consolidation of farmland and increase productivity. We cannot and should not stop development, but there has to be a basic balance for Sustainable Development.