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  Why has improving crop yields become more important these days? List the major group of activities for improving crop yields. Which one of these activity is more important and why?

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                  Due to continuously growing population, requirement of food is also increasing every year to feed this population. Extra farming land is not available in country to increase production. Therefore, it is necessary to increase crop yield to meet growing demands for food.                                                       (1) The major activities for improving crop yields are (i) crop variety improvement (ii) crop production improvement (iii) crop protection management             (1) Out of these three activities crop variety improvement is very important because it helps to attain good yield of crop.               (1)