Question

(iii) Net Sown Area is over 80% in some states and less than 10% in some states. Name the states in both the category and give reasons for this variations.

Answer 1

Staes which have over 80% net sown area are Haryana and Punjab. These states have come under the influence of the green revolution and it has undoubtedly benefitted them manifold. They can bring large areas under cultivation. And thus they have a very high net sown area.

On the other hand, states like Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Mizoram have less than 10% area under net sown area as it is mostly covered by hilly terrain and dense jungles so they cannot put to the land area under cultivation very easily and thus causing very less cultivation.

Answer 2

The net sown area is different in every state due to climatic conditions, nature of soil, topography etc.

• in the states of Haryana and Punjab, the net sown area is more than 75% of the state's total ground, whereas in states such as AP, Andaman and Nicobar it accounts to less than 9%.
• Around 3.5% of the total land is used for grazing, whereas the remaining fields are fallow and a waste land. In some of these states, the net sown proportions are low due to the reason of being covered with dense tropical forests.
• In such states, the farmers are poor and lack new technological farming tools. In some of these states, the soil is not proper for cultivation, morevover they also receive heavy rainfall which makes them unsuitable for farming