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(iv) The land under cultivation has got reduced day by day. Can you imagine its consequences?
Answer the following questions in about 120 words.
(i) Suggest the initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural
production.
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Explanation:
Question:- The land under cultivation has got reduced day by day. Can you imagine its consequences?
Answer:-
A declining area of land under cultivation has many consequences. These are:
→ Food shortage for the increasing population
→ Rise in price of food grains
→ Unemployment and loss of livelihood for farmers
→ Shortage of supply of raw material for agro-industries
→ Adverse effect on export trade as agricultural products comprise a major section of international trade.
Question:- Suggest the initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural production?
Answer:-
Various initiatives taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural production are:
→ Collectivisation, consolidation of holdings, cooperation and abolition of Zamindari etc. were given priority to bring about institutional reforms in the country after independence.
→ Land Reform was the main focus of our ‘First Five Year Plan’.
→ The Green Revolution was based on the use of package technology and the White Revolution were some of the strategies initiated to improve the Indian agriculture.
→ Minimum Support Price policy, provision for crop insurance, subsidy on agricultural inputs and resources such as power and fertilizers, Grameen Banks, Kissan Credit Card and Personal Accident Insurance Scheme are also some of the reforms bought by Indian Government.
Answer:
1) The land under cultivation has been reducing due to the competition for land between non-agricultural uses such as housing, etc.
2) As a result the productivity of India has started showing a declining trend.
3) That would lead to the scarcity of food grains in future and in turn poverty and drought situation would prevail in our country.