Hint: Straight fertilizers supply only one primary plant nutrient, either N or P or K. Example Ammonium Sulphate (AS), Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN), Ammonium Chloride and Urea. Complex...
Hint: Breeder seed is produced in isolation from nucleus seed by a certified breeder. Foundation seed is the offspring of the Breeder seed which can be clearly traced...
Hint: The Buffer norms are the minimum food grains the Centre should have in the Central pool at the beginning of each quarter to meet requirement of public...
Hint: Soil deterioration due to mindless use of chemical fertilizers, unwise distortion of NPK ratio due to many reasons including subsidy regime; low use of organic matter and...
Seed development policy was introduced in India in 1988, to remove the roadblocks in the import of horticultural seeds and to allow the import of a limited quantity...
The Green Revolution is the period when the Indian agriculture sector was transformed into an industrial system after the adoption of modern scientific methods and techniques like using...
Agriculture in India has been practiced since the time of the Indus Valley Civilization. The rank of India is second in terms of the total farm output. About...
Hint: Food insecurity exists when people lack sustainable physical or economic access to enough safe, nutritious, and socially acceptable food for a healthy and productive life. Food insecurity...
The Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Right Act, 2001 was enacted by the act of the Parliament of India that intended to establish an effective system for...
Hint: First Green Revolution did not help the dry land farming and it was not scale neutral and thus helped only large farmers. The call for second green...
