Question

Describe the main features of Indian agriculture.

Answer 1

1) Two-thirds of our population is engaged in agricultural activities

2) Agriculture is a primary activity which produces most of the food that we required

3) Besides food grains it also produces raw material for different industries

4)Over the years, cultivation methods have changed significantly depending upon the characteristics of physical environment, technological know-how and socio cultural practices

5)Farming very is from subsistence to Commercial type
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Answer 2

(i) Indian Agriculture is mainly of intensive subsistence type.

(ii) It is mainly practised in areas of high population pressure on land.

(iii) It is labour intensive farming where high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining high yields.

(iv) Farmers continue to take maximum output from the limited land with absence of alternate source of livelihood which leads to enormous pressure on agricultural land.

(v) The right of inheritance has led to division of land among successive generations and rendered the size of land holding uneconomical.