has monsoon rains benifited the farmers long answer
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Explanation:
Monsoons, generally referred to as rainy season in India, have direct and indirect impact on Indian economy especially agriculture sector. As the stats say, agriculture contributes to 16-18% of India’s GDP.
Moreover, India ranks first among the rain fed agricultural countries of the world both extent-wise and as per production value. Nearly 60% of total net sown area comes under rain fed agriculture, rest being irrigated agriculture. This shows its huge dependency on monsoons for agriculture.
Rainy crops (or commonly known as Kharif crops) like rice, wheat, barley, paddy, bajra/pearl millet and others are monsoon crops that are totally rain-dependent. In the months of July-October, Kharif crops are cultivated and harvested.
Monsoons have direct impact on farmers’ life and crop production. And have indirect impact as they affect exports, other sectors depend on agriculture like manufacturing, transportation, automobiles and food industry.
Another reason is that rain is natural and pure source of water, and hence available for free all over India. Whereas, sources of irrigation such as dams, wells and other groundwater sources are not available easily in many areas.
Majority of the farmer population falls in low income group. Insufficient rains only add to the agony and plight of farmers by hitting them financially.
The irrigation techniques may be a good alternative in case of inadequate monsoon but they are costly too. So, the irrigation techniques like sprinkle and drip irrigation are mostly carried out by rich farmers.
So this is why, rains will always hold more importance and more fruitful than the irrigation techniques.
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Explanation:
Farmers in monsoon regions rely on the wet summer months to grow crops. However the summer monsoon does not always bring the same amount of rainfall, and variations in rain have implications for agriculture and the economy.
For example, in 2009 very little rain fell during the summer monsoon in India. In some areas rainfall was half of what is typical during the wet season and farmers could not plant their crops. Farm animals starved; many were sold for a fraction of what they would have normally been worth because farmers were desperate.
From wheat and rice to vegetables, cotton, and tea, Indian farmers grow a wide range of crops and the country uses more land for crops than any other country in the world (215 million acres). Crops depend on rain and, in India, more than three quarters of the annual rainfall occurs during the four months of the summer monsoon season. But during years when there is less rainfall than usual, crops die in the fields or cannot be planted at all. Take a look at the graphs to the left to see how the amount of grain crops produced by farmers in India (including wheat, rice, and barley) relates to the amount of rainfall. Over half of India’s population works in agriculture, and monsoon rains directly affect their incomes and livelihood. Agriculture adds up to more than 15% of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which means that when crops fail because of too little rain, the economy suffers.
While too little rainfall during the summer monsoon can cause dire conditions for farmers on land, too much rainfall and overly strong winds can make coastal waters unsafe, preventing fishermen throughout South Asia from heading to sea to catch the fish they depend on for income.
Monsoon rains can be harnessed as hydropower, a valuable energy resource. Hydropower currently provides 25% of India’s electricity. Reservoirs are filled during the summer monsoon rains and then the water is gradually released through dams, turning turbines to create electricity year-round. During years when there is little monsoon rainfall, the reservoirs are not replenished, limiting the amount of hydroelectric power produced during the year.