Why cultivation of horiculture crops were not counted on NET SOWN AREA
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Answer:
Cultivation of horiculture crops were not counted on NET SOWN AREA because the net sown area is the proportion of the total areas of the country which is used for growing crops.
Explanation:
Gross Cropped Area (GCA)
The cumulative area sown once and also more than once in a given year is the gross cropped area (GCA).
The region counted is double in GCA when the crop is cultivated on an area of land twice.
Gross cropped area is divided by net sown area.
It includes the part of the net sown area which is used for two or three crops in a year.
Net Sown Area (NSA)
The physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested is known as net sown area.
The increase in net area sown is a recent phenomenon due to the use of culturable wasteland for agricultural purposes. Before which it was registering a slow decrease.
There are indications that most of the decline had occurred due to the increases in area under nonagricultural use.
The net sown area is the proportion of the total areas of the country which is used for growing crops.