Hint: The argument was that rich peasants became richer at the cost of small peasants; because the later were not able to access modern inputs. This argument further...
In the early 1960s, the Green Revolution started in India in some of the northern states. was introduced as a package program with seed-water-fertilizer-pesticide-technology components and was originally...
Hint: Although India gets export earnings from raw cotton exports, yet majority (70%) raw cotton exports from India are to China. On the other hand, China uses its...
The National Dairy Plan phase-I was introduced in 2012 to develop the dairy sector of the country. The project was mostly funded by the International Development Association of...
Hint: High demand supply gap; low productivity and low growth in productivity are three key reasons. We need to import the pulses to fill the demand supply gap;...
Model Answer: SSI was jointly launched by ICRISAT and WWF to reduce and optimize the use of water and other inputs in sugarcane production. It is a system...
Hint: In Relay cropping second crop is planted even before the first crop is harvested. Thus, both crops share some part of the season. In India, Rice –cauliflower...
Model Answer: India’s agricultural system is predominantly a mixed crop-livestock farming system in which crop production is combined with the rearing of livestock. Since Indian farmer is always...
Hint Answer: The animal products have positive income elasticity of demand. This implies that as the consumers’ income rises, more their consumption pattern will change and more they...
The import bill for edible oil is around $10 billion, and it is India’s third-highest overseas spending after oil and gold, causing fiscal implications such as widening of...
