Question

explain how soil influences agriculture

Answer 1

Agriculture is dependent on many factors ranging from weather conditions to the microorganisms, the sun the rains and the very seeds(propagation materials) ,inputs and timely human intervention(managerial factors) in case of regular/sporadic/endemic/epidemic pests and diseases matter a lot from the production side and when it comes to storage- the temperature , moisture content, packaging etc play an important role in maintaining their shelf life/longevity for transportation/future use. And from Economy's viewpoint the stability in prices of the agricultural products at the time of sale decides the loss and profit side of farmers. And in a country like India wherein diversity is seen with agricultural products ,quality and availability still the farmer are not benefitted for their hard fought efforts all through the seasons.And there are numerous problems attached with proper pricing of these outputs which should reach to ultimate GIVER!!