Land and Agriculture

Barren and wastelands

Not suitable for cultivation at all

Culturable wasteland

land which has not been cultivated for 5 years

Current Fallow

land which has not been cultivated for one of less than one year

Fallow other than current fallow

land which has not been cultivated for more than 1 year but less than 5 years

CPR

owned by state for use of community

cropping intensity formula

GCA/NSA x 100

cropping seasons in India

kharif, rabi, zaid

Cropping season of kharif

June - Sep

cropping season of rabi

October - April

cropping season of zaid

March - June

Types of farming

Irrigated and Rainfed (barani)

Types of irrigated farming

protective and productive

types of rainfed farming

dryland and wetland

varieties of rice in West Bengal

Aus, Aman and Boro

India’s rice contribution in world

21.9%

TCA of rice in India

one fourth

Leading producer of rice

West Bengal

India’s contribution of wheat in the world

12.8%

TCA of wheat in India

14%

what type of crop is cotton

kharif

Varieties of cotton

Short staple (indian) and long staple (american)

Another name for cotton in India in northwest

Narma

Requirement for flowering of cotton

clear sky

TCA of cotton

4.7%

leading producer of cotton in india

Gujarat

type of crop jute

cash crop

world contribution of India in jute

three fifth

leading producer of Jute in India

West bengal (three fourth)

TCA of Jute in india

0.5%

leading producer of sugarcane

UP

India’s contribution of sugarcane in the world

19%

TCA of sugarcane in india

2.4%

type of crop tea

plantation and beverage

where was tea plantation first started in India

Brahmaputra valley of Assam in 1840s

leading producer of tea

Assam

India’s contribution in the world for tea

21.7%

Assam’s TCA

53.2%

varieties of coffee

Arabica, Liberica and robusta

coffee grown mainly in india

arabica

rank of india in coffee

8th

India’s contribution of coffee in world

3.4%

leading producer of coffee

Karnataka

Two plans launched by the government of india

IADP - Intensive agricultural district program

IAAP - Intensive agricultural area program

imported wheat seeds

Mexico

Imported rice seeds

Philippines

Agro climatic planning

1988

NMSA

National Mission for sustainable agriculture

area of cultivation covered by irrigation

33% only

twin problems of Indian monsoon

drought and floods

The flash floods in drylands of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan

2006 and 2017

Initiation of the policy of liberalisation

1990