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Ans. Farming is the main production activity in rural India with over 75% of its working population dependent on farming for their livelihood. But it is virtually impossible to increase farm production by bringing new land under cultivation since amble land is fixed. However farm production can be increased by various farming methods. Different crops can be grown during different parts of the year, e.g., the farmers of the farmers of Palanpur all the land in the village. They grow Kharif crops in the rainy season and raps in the winter season (a) Common practices of farming like multiple cropping also enable farmers go grow more than one crop in a year. All farmers in farming for their grow at least two main crops and are growing potato as the third crop. (b) The other way is to use modern farming methods for higher yield. The modern methods of farming imply simultaneous use of use agricultural inputs like high yielding varieties of seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides etc, for higher yield from the same piece of land. This is also possible with help of a well-developed system of irrigation, which made it possible for farmers of Palampur to grow three different crops in a year. (c) Use of modern farm machinery like tractors, threshers, makes ploughing and harvesting faster and increases the yield without increasing the land under cultivation.
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