Question

‘Villages in India have adopted modern methods of agriculture and there is a sharp increase in food grain production’. Explain the statement.

Answer 1

Explanation:

As per 2016, agriculture employed 49.9% of the Indian work force and contributed 16.9–17.9% to country's GDP. In 2016, agriculture and allied sectors like animal husbandry, forestry and fisheries accounted for 15.4% of the GDP (gross domestic product) with about 31% of the workforce in 2014.

Answer 2

Answer:

Farmers are using more and more of the below which makes our Agriculture more efficient and yield greater harvest.

HYV Seeds: High Yielding Variety seeds

Pesticides: To protect the crops from pets

Fertilizers: to provide micro and macro nutrients to the plants which are not available in the soil

Machines: in sowing, tilling, harvesting

Storage: use of warehouses, cold storage

Cropping pattern: Mix different crops or rotate crops throughout the season

Irrigation: Canal, pumps, tubes, etc.

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