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Ch 04 - Agriculture10th Geography
Importance of Agriculture in India
What percentage of India's population is engaged in agricultural activities, and what is its economic nature?
What percentage of India's population is engaged in agricultural activities, and what is its economic nature?
FACT
Agricultural Importance
- Employment: Two-thirds (approximately 66%) of India's population is engaged in agricultural activities.
- Economic Nature: It is a primary activity.
- Output: It produces the vast majority of the food consumed domestically and provides essential raw materials for major industries (e.g., sugar, textiles).
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2/3rds feed the nation.
Primitive Subsistence Farming
What are the core characteristics of 'Primitive Subsistence Farming'?
What are the core characteristics of 'Primitive Subsistence Farming'?
CONCEPT
Core Characteristics
- Tools: Practised on small land patches using primitive, traditional tools like the hoe, dao, and digging sticks.
- Inputs: Entirely dependent on the monsoon, natural soil fertility, and local environmental suitability (no modern chemical fertilizers are used).
- Labour: Relies heavily on family or community labour.
- Alternative Name: Widely known as 'Slash and Burn' agriculture.
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Local Names of Slash & Burn (India)
Match the local names of shifting cultivation to their respective Indian states: Jhumming, Bewar, Podu, Pama Dabi, Kuruwa.
Match the local names of shifting cultivation to their respective Indian states: Jhumming, Bewar, Podu, Pama Dabi, Kuruwa.
MEMORY
Regional Names in India
- Jhumming: North-Eastern States (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland).
- Bewar / Dahiya: Madhya Pradesh.
- Podu / Penda: Andhra Pradesh.
- Pama Dabi / Koman: Odisha.
- Kuruwa: Jharkhand.
- Valre / Waltre: South-eastern Rajasthan.
Prism Memory Hook
J-NE (Jhumming-NorthEast), B-MP (Bewar-MP), P-AP (Podu-AP)
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- 4Global Names of Slash & Burn
- 5Intensive Subsistence Farming
- 6Commercial vs. Subsistence Farming
- 7Plantation Agriculture
- 8Cropping Pattern: Rabi Season
- 9Cropping Pattern: Kharif Season
- 10Cropping Pattern: Zaid Season
- 11Rice: Climate & Varieties
- 12Wheat: Climatic Conditions
- 13Millets (Coarse Grains)
- 14Maize: The Dual-Purpose Crop
- 15Pulses & Soil Fertility
- 16Sugarcane: Climatic Requirements
- 17Oilseeds Production Overview
- 18Tea: Soil and Climatic Requirements
- 19Coffee Varieties in India
- 20Horticulture: Fruits and Vegetables
- 21Rubber: Climatic Conditions
- 22Fiber Crops Overview
- 23Sericulture
- 24Cotton: Climatic Conditions
- 25Jute: The Golden Fiber
- 26Institutional Reforms (Post-Independence)
- 27Technological Reforms (1960s-70s)
- 28Comprehensive Land Development Programme
- 29Farmer Benefit Schemes (Acronyms)
- 30Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement
- 31Minimum Support Price (MSP)
- 32Agriculture's Share in Economy
- 33Globalization and Indian Agriculture
- 34Champaran Movement (1917)
- 35Gene Revolution
- 36High-Value Crops & Diversification
- 37Map Work: Fiber Crops
- 38Sesamum: North vs. South Seasons
- 39India's Global Standing (Vegetables)
- 40ICAR
- 41Food Security System Components
- 42FCI and PDS Definitions
- 43Impact of MSP on Cropping Pattern
- 44Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY)
- 45Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY)
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