Question

"Agriculture and industry are not exclusive of each other.They move hand in hand".Explain this point

Answer 1

Agriculture and industry are not exclusive of each other.
They move hand in hand. The following examples support the statement.
(i) The agro-based industries have given a major boost to agriculture by raising its productivity.
(ii) The agro-based industries depend on agriculture for raw materials and sell their products such as fertilisers, insecticides, irrigation pumps, PVC pipes, machines and tools, etc to the farmers.
(iii) The industrial sector provides employment to the excess labour (labours who are actually disguised unemployed) in the agriculture sector.
Thus, development and competitiveness of manufacturing industry has not only assisted agriculturists in increasing their production but also made production process very efficient.
Thus, it can be concluded the agriculture and industy move hand-in-hand.

Answer 2

-Secondary sector is dependent on primary sector , for example : Industry need raw material from agriculture which is generally a primary sector .

-Sugar is made from sugarcane, sugarcane come from agriculture and after converting raw material into valuable goods (in case sugar).

- Thus, we concluded that both agriculture and industry move hand in hand...