April 2024
Intermediate to advanced
592 pages
20h 6m
English
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Geography of India | For UPSC and State Civil Services Examination | Includes 2023 Prelims and Mains questions | - Pearson
by Neeraj Nachiketa
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Agriculture
Origin and Evolution of Agriculture in India
India’s agriculture saw modest development and stagnation in the 1950s. Crop growth was about 0.4%, and grain production growth was about 0.1%. To feed our 350 million people in 1950–1951, India generated just about 50 million tons of foodgrain. India was forced to import grains as a result. Low yields on the farms—around 580 kg per hectare—were their defining feature. When India purchased over 18,000 tons of High Yield Variety (HYV) seeds from Mexico in the 1960s, it helped to kickstart the modern period of the green revolution. The HYV seeds caused a huge rise in production together with increasing use of irrigation and fertilizers, ushering India into the Green Revolution era.
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