"Although Fertilizer industry has made rapid progress; India's indigenous Fertilizer production is still not able to keep pace with the growth in consumption."Discuss

There are several reasons for this. Firstly, setting up a fertilizer plant in India is a long process which generally takes five to eight years from time of issue of letter of intent to start of production. There was an ..

"The skewed utilization of fertilizers is mainly due to pricing of subsidized fertilizers."Examine the issue throwing light on current policy framework.

This subsidy on fertilizers is provided by the Government of India to the Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizer companies. The companies then give fertilizers to the farmers at a subsidized rate, which is lower than its normal value. Problems with uses ..

"The Rice- Fishing Farming System can not only bring higher crop and water productivity, but has potential to answer the food security question in some areas of the country. Discuss"

Rice cum fish farming is a type of co-culture system in agriculture where paddy cultivation is integrated with aquaculture like fish, prawns, crabs, etc. According to FAO-GEF, it is considered as a “Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System”. The system has ..

Critically examine the key elements of Green Revolution in India, throwing lights on its impact on India's crops and cropping pattern.

Hint: Key Elements of Green Revolution are increase area under cultivation; HYV seeds, Chemical fertilizers; Irrigation facilities; Government subsidy and support prices; and a brave farmer who took the risk of adopting new technologies. The green revolution brought a paradigm ..

Discuss the cropping pattern in terms of soybean and sugarcane in India. Justify the recent shift of sugarcane farmers to soybean in some parts of India.

Model Answer: Soybean is predominantly a rainfed crop grown in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and some other parts of India. Cropping Pattern of Soyabean Soyabean is grown as a kharif crop. In some districts, it is cultivated two times in ..

Objectively compare the trends in India's food grain production during pre-Green revolution and post-green revolution period.

Hint: During pre-green revolution period, Yield Per Hectare was low for all important crops. However, there was a robust growth in rice yield in pre green revolution period. As modern farm technology, fertilizers and HYV seeds were introduced in late ..

Barring few pockets, the green revolution virtually bypassed the eastern region of the country despite the fact that it has fertile soil and plenty of water. Explain.

In the early 1960s, the Green Revolution started in India in some of the northern states. was introduced as a package program with seed-water-fertilizer-pesticide-technology components and was originally called the High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP). It was launched in Kharif ..

Explain the various cropping patterns with reference to rice cultivation in India.

Cropping pattern It refers to the crop sequences and spatial arrangement techniques in an area at a particular point in time. It is usually measured over a period of years. It is a dynamic concept as the pattern changes depending ..

"Due to mechanization of agricultural operations and declining farm sizes; livestock has lost their position in Indian economy."Do you agree with this view? Argue.

Hint Answer: I do not agree with this view because their earlier use as draught power has vanished but there has been a consistent increase in demand of animal food products milk, eggs, meat etc. and non-food products such as ..

Do you agree with the view that the Green Revolution strengthened the linkage between agriculture and industry? Opine.

Hint: Green revolution has also strengthened the linkages between agriculture and industry. Even under traditional agriculture, the forward linkage of agriculture with industry was always strong, since agriculture supplied many of the inputs of industry; but backward linkage of agriculture ..