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CHARACTERSTICS OF AGRICULTURE
Predominance Cultivation Of Food Grains.
Numerous Problems.
Lack Of Definite Land Use Policy.
Some times 4-5 crops are simultaneously raised in the same field. This is done to ensure some agriculture production during unfavorable weather condition. This mixed cropping reduces the agriculture output and per hectare yield.
landholdings are tiny, fragmented and unsuitable for modern methods of agriculture.
INTENSIVE FARMING
In chtse area intensive farming is carried on in limited
areas like Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, elsewhere it is practiced on traditional lines. That is why per hectare yield of crop is much lower in these areas.
bullocks, buffaloes, etc in agricultural work, it is also labor based enterprise where are agriculture operations like tilling, sowing, weeding, sprinkling of insecticides/pesticides, harvesting, threshing, etc are carried by human hands. Although the use of agricultural machinery is replacing animals and human power but the pace of progress is very slow and confined to rich section of the cultivators.
DEPANDENCE ON RAINFALL
Variability in the rainfall in time and space has affect
on concern that despite five decades of constant endeavors only a small cropped area has been brought under irrigation rest is at the mercy of rain-god. That is why when rain fails agricultural production is badly affected, scarcity prevails and price reach sky high.
crops(about 4% of cropped area). This together with lack of good pastures have determinal effect over the development of dairy farming.
NUMEROUS PROBLEMS
Indian agriculture suffer from numerous problems
that is small land holdings, unscientific method of farming, less irrigation facilities, greater veriability to pest and disease, poverty among farmers and lack of infrastructure facilities etc.
one or another crop. This times lead to excess of production and some times scarcity. Lack of marketing and storage . facilities and activity of brokers and middleman deprive farmers to fetch remunerative prices for agricultural products.
DETERMINENTS
Economic Determination
1. 2. 3. 4. Capital Mechanization & Equipments Transportation Marketing Facilities
Socio-Cultural determination
1. Land Tenancy 2. Labour 3. Religion
Temperature Sunlight & sunshine Dew & hoer frost Moisture Pressure System Wind Humidity Fog & mist Precipitations:
Rainfall Snowfall Half Stonefall Slat 5.
The Soil
PHYSICAL DETERMINANTS
1. TERRAIN 2. TOPOGRAPHY 3. ALTITUDE 4. CLIMATE :Temperature Sunlight & sunshine Dew and hoar frost Moisture Wind Humidity Fog and mist Precipitation :Rainfall Snowfall Soils
ECONOMIC DETERMINENTS
1. 2. 3. 4. Capital Mechanization And Equipments Transportation Facilities Marketing Facilities
SOCIO-CULTURAL DETERMINANTS