Public distribution system The Government of India enacted the Food security act with the objective of distributing food and non-food items to India’s poor at subsidized rates. Such...
Hint: Seed Replacement Ratio denotes how much of the total cropped area was sown with certified seeds in comparison to farm saved seeds. It also denotes actual quality...
[table id=63 /] Importance of Rainfed: India ranks first among the countries that practice rain-fed agriculture both in terms of extent and value of production. Rain-fed agriculture supports...
The agricultural marketing system is referred to as the marketing of agricultural products from the farm to the consumer. The process includes several activities i.e. harvesting, grading, packing...
Hint: The key issues these states are experiencing include expansion and modernization of marketing facilities, improvement in marketing information communication and linking small producers with efficient marketing channels....
Irrigated land in India accounts for nearly 49% of the total agricultural land. And the remaining 51% is rainfed and don’t have any irrigation Infrastructure. Micro-irrigation Micro-irrigation is...
The touch of the High Yielding Variety technology, implemented through the “Green Revolution in India” has been witnessed by only some states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana. To promote...
Hint: Major irrigation schemes are those schemes which have a Cultural Command Areas of More than 10,000 hectares. The Medium Irrigation Schemes have a CCA of 2,000-10,000 hectares....
Irrigation is referred to as the procedure of supplying adequate water to plants and crops. It helps to grow agricultural crops, maintain the fertility of soils in arid...
