Prelims · 4 Indian Geography · APPSC Group 2
4.6 Agriculture notes
11 notes, in reading order.
- 4.6.1Features of Indian agriculture: land use, land holdings and agro-climatic zones
Indian agriculture is mostly small-farm and monsoon-dependent, and its land use is recorded in a standard set of categories used for planning by agro-climatic zones.
Standard · 7 min · Full course - 4.6.2Cropping seasons and systems: kharif, rabi and zaid, multiple and mixed cropping
India has three cropping seasons, kharif, rabi and zaid, and farmers combine crops in space and time through rotations, mixed cropping and multiple cropping.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 4.6.3Rice and wheat: growing conditions and major producing states
Rice and wheat are India's two staple cereals, rice a warm-wet kharif crop of the east and south, and wheat a cool-season rabi crop of the north-west and Gangetic plains.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 4.6.4Millets, pulses and oilseeds
Millets, pulses and oilseeds are the hardy, mostly rainfed crops of dry India, giving nutrition, nitrogen fixation and edible oil.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 4.6.5Fibre crops: cotton, jute and others
Cotton is the main kharif fibre of the black soil belt and jute is the "golden fibre" of the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta, with silk as a major animal-origin fibre.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 4.6.6Sugarcane and plantation crops: tea, coffee and rubber
Sugarcane is the main commercial food-industry crop of the plains and peninsula, while tea, coffee and rubber are plantation crops of the humid hills.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 4.6.7Horticulture and spices
Horticulture (fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, plantation crops) is the fastest-growing part of Indian agriculture, and India is a leading spice producer and exporter.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 4.6.8Irrigation in India: canals, wells, tanks and micro-irrigation
Rainfall is uneven in India, so irrigation from canals, wells, tube wells and tanks (now plus drip and sprinkler) is the base of the Green Revolution.
Standard · 5 min · Full course - 4.6.9Green Revolution: components, impacts and the second Green Revolution
The Green Revolution of the mid-1960s used high-yielding seeds with fertiliser and irrigation to lift wheat and rice output, but it was regionally and socially uneven.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 4.6.10Animal husbandry, fisheries and the White, Blue and other revolutions
India is the world's largest milk producer and a leading fish producer, thanks to the cooperative White Revolution and the later Blue Revolution.
Standard · 6 min · Full course - 4.6.11Dryland farming and watershed management
Dryland farming grows crops on rainfall alone in low-rainfall areas, and watershed management conserves soil and water in the catchment to make it work.
Standard · 6 min · Full course
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