Agricultural Practices in India

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It is also known as bajra.

Farmers can grow different of crops depending on the season.

If you grow the same crop repeatedly there will be a decrease in the fertility of the soil.

A farmer would prefer to grow crop, which give high yield and good quality seeds.

To fulfil their needs they had to take loans from banks.

Growing bajra and jowar was neglected and dismissed because it didn't get better price in market.

Farmers can buy seeds from seed stores where seeds are sold.

The Yangtze Delta is the primary region for sericulture (silk production) in China due to its favorable climate and long history of mulberry cultivation.

The regions marked in the given map account for the production of cotton. Cash crops are those which are grown not primarily as a source of food, such as grains, but mainly as raw materials for the industries mainly in states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. 

The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a federal law that boosted agricultural prices by reducing surpluses; the government paid farmers to reduce crop production.

Tobacco was the first major cash crop in the English colonies, particularly in Virginia, and it became the foundation of the colonial economy.

Ploughing, Harvesting, and Weeding are the farming activities.

The ditches made between two rows of crop are called Furrow. They are made as trench or a groove on the surface of the soil. The seeds are sown into the furrows before covering them with the soil. Furrows are also made for wet irrigation crops which helps in holding the water on the top soil for a long time.

Deccan plateau is a rain deficient region having rainfall less them 100cm. Dry land farming is farming technique in which we conserve water through proper cropping, irrigation and soil management techniques.