mention the causes responsible for the declining trend of food grains production recently
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Indian agriculture started declining trend in food production because of the following reasons:
(a) There is a gradual shift from cultivation of food crops to cultivation of fruits, vegetables, oil seeds, etc.
(b) More and more cultivable lands have been converted into factories, residential area, which has reduced the area under cultivation.
(c) The productivity of land has also started to decline due to various new diseases inspite of many insecticides that have been used to control these crop diseases.
(d) Use of fertilizers and pesticides once showed good results, now they are responsible for degrading soils.
(e) Periodic scarcity of water has led to reduction in area under irrigation.
(a) There is a gradual shift from cultivation of food crops to cultivation of fruits, vegetables, oil seeds, etc.
(b) More and more cultivable lands have been converted into factories, residential area, which has reduced the area under cultivation.
(c) The productivity of land has also started to decline due to various new diseases inspite of many insecticides that have been used to control these crop diseases.
(d) Use of fertilizers and pesticides once showed good results, now they are responsible for degrading soils.
(e) Periodic scarcity of water has led to reduction in area under irrigation.
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