why has Indian agriculture started dealing trend in food production explain
Answers
Answered by
1
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.
Answered by
0
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.
We can overcome the above problems in the following ways:
(a) The food production can be increased by using new agricultural techniques which are environmentally sustainable.
(b) By using biotechnology as a supplementary tool to modify different crops genetically to increase the yield per hectare.
(c) Genetically modified crops are more resistant to insects, pests and diseases.
(d) Genetically modified crops require less water compared to other crops.
Reasons for the decline in agricultural production:
1. Increased use of fertilizers, pesticides have badly affected the fertility of soil, in turn impacting overall agricultural production.
2. Scarcity of water- Till today most of the farmers are dependent on monsoons to meet their irrigation needs which again affects production. Scarcity of water reduces the area under irrigation.
3. Excessive Irrigation by some farmers- excessive irrigation increases salinisation of the soil,due to evaporation that affects the fertility of soil. Irrigation may also lead to water logging of the soil which in turn effects the production of crops.Many large scale farmers have their own private wells or tube wells and over use the water, this has led to reduction in the ground water level.
4. Green revolution has turned out to be partial revolution, not all states and farmers have benefited from it in terms of increasing their production.
(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.
We can overcome the above problems in the following ways:
(a) The food production can be increased by using new agricultural techniques which are environmentally sustainable.
(b) By using biotechnology as a supplementary tool to modify different crops genetically to increase the yield per hectare.
(c) Genetically modified crops are more resistant to insects, pests and diseases.
(d) Genetically modified crops require less water compared to other crops.
Reasons for the decline in agricultural production:
1. Increased use of fertilizers, pesticides have badly affected the fertility of soil, in turn impacting overall agricultural production.
2. Scarcity of water- Till today most of the farmers are dependent on monsoons to meet their irrigation needs which again affects production. Scarcity of water reduces the area under irrigation.
3. Excessive Irrigation by some farmers- excessive irrigation increases salinisation of the soil,due to evaporation that affects the fertility of soil. Irrigation may also lead to water logging of the soil which in turn effects the production of crops.Many large scale farmers have their own private wells or tube wells and over use the water, this has led to reduction in the ground water level.
4. Green revolution has turned out to be partial revolution, not all states and farmers have benefited from it in terms of increasing their production.
Similar questions