During 2008-09 the agricultural sector contributed to approximately 15.7 per cent of India’s GDP (at 2004-05 prices) and 10.23 per cent (provisional) of total exports besides providing employment...
India is one of the world’s largest agrarian economies and agriculture is the backbone of our country’s economy. Despite of industrialization and liberalizations it provides employment to around...
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an apex development financial institution in India, established with the primary objective of fostering rural development and supporting...
The value of acquisitions of new or existing fixed assets by the Agriculture & allied sectors, which is known as Gross Capital Formation, as a proportion to the...
In India 100% FDI is permissible via automatic route in following sub sectors of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry: Sub sectors: Floriculture, Horticulture, Development of Seeds, Animal Husbandry, Pisciculture,...
In 1988, Government of India started a project “Crop Acreage and Production Estimation (CAPE)” to collect the statistics of Agricultural Output. But to forecast of Crops at sowing...
In which part of India Slash and Burn agriculture is practiced?Slash and burn practice involves the cutting and burning of forests or woodlands to create fields for agriculture...
As per a UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO (Headquarters -Rome, Established October 16, 1945, member 191) discussion paper published recently, climate change will have a severe impact...
The Macro Management of Agriculture Scheme is one of the centrally-sponsored schemes formulated with the objective to ensure that central assistance is spent on focused and specific interventions...
Preliminary Examination Soil Science – D.K Das Or Brady Agronomy By Yellamananda Reddy Plant Breeding By B.D. Singh Genetics By B.D. Singh Physiology By Pandey & Singha Indroduction...