1.Can you name the type of farming Rinjha's family (in a small village at the outskirts of Diphu in Asom) is engaged in?
2.Can you enlist some crops which are grown m such farming (Jhumming)?
3. Can you name some of the states of India where such farming (Jhumming) is practised?
4. Can you give some more examples of crops which may be commercial in one region and may provide subsistence in another region?
When farmers have been facing so many problems, and land under agriculture is decreasing, can we think of alternative employment opportunities in the agriculture sector?
Multiple choice questions.(i) Which one of the following describes a system of agriculture where a single crop is grown on a large area?(a) Shifting Agriculture (b) Plantation Agriculture(c) Horticulture (d) Intensive Agriculture(ii) Which one of the following is a Rabi crop?(a) Rice (b) Gram(c) Millets (d) Cotton(iii) Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?(a) Pulses (b)Jowar(c) Millets (d)Sesanum(iv) Which one of the following is announced by the government in support of a crop?(a) Maximum support price(b) Minimum support price(c) Moderate support price(d) Influential support price
Answer the following questions in 30 words.(i) Name one important beverage crop and specify the geographical conditions required for its growth.(ii) Name one staple crop of India, and the regions where it is produced?(iii) Enlist the various institutional reforms programmes introduced by the government in the interest of the farmers.(iv) The land under cultivation has reduced day-by-day. Can you imagine its consequences?
Answer the following questions in about 120 words.(i) Suggest the initiative taken by the government to ensure the increase in agricultural production.(ii) Describe the impact of globalization on Indian agriculture.(iii) Describe the geographical conditions required for the growth of rice.
Solve the puzzle by following your search horizontally and vertically to find the hidden answers.1. The two staple food crops of India.2. This is the summer cropping season of India.3. Pulses like arhar, moong, gram, urad contain....4. It is a coarse grain.5. The two important beverages in India are....6. One of the four major fibers grown on black soils.