The history of agriculture in India dates back to the Neolithic period. India ranks second worldwide in farm outputs. As per the Indian economic survey...
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India has an economy bound to its historical agricultural tradition. In the North, the Indus valley and Brahmaputra region are critical agricultural areas...
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Government of India and the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws related to agriculture in India. The three...
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The oldest evidence for Indian agriculture is in north-west India at the site of Mehrgarh, dated ca. 7000 BCE, with traces of the cultivation of plants...
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The Green Revolution was a period that began in the 1960s during which agriculture in India was converted into a modern industrial system by the adoption...
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article lists agricultural universities (AUs) in India, by state or territory. Although a number of Indian universities offer agricultural education, the...
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August 1947 as the "Ministry of Food and Agriculture". Rajendra Prasad, who later became the President of India served as the inaugural minister of the...
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Agriculture Insurance Company of India Limited (AIC) is an Indian public sector undertaking headquartered in New Delhi. It is a government-owned agricultural...
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contribute to the agriculture of India are subsistence farming, organic farming, industrial farming. Regions throughout India differ in types of farming...
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landlords and banks. India being an agrarian country with around 70% of its rural population depending directly or indirectly upon agriculture, the sector had...
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in India Corruption Corruption in India Indian black money Other Family planning in India Malnutrition in India Women in agriculture in India "India kept...
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Agriculture in India is highly susceptible to risks like droughts and floods. It is necessary to protect the farmers from natural calamities and ensure...
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projects for agricultural activities. Of these groundwater system is the largest. In 2013–14, only about 36.7% of total agricultural land in India was reliably...
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Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current...
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Agriculture began independently in different parts of the globe, and included a diverse range of taxa. At least eleven separate regions of the Old and...
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Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise...
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Tractors in India are a major industry and significant contributor to its agriculture output gains. In 1947, as India gained independence from the British...
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shifting agriculture using slash-and-burn methods. Traditionally used on the hill-slopes of Andhra Pradesh, it is similar to the jhum method found in north-east...
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The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is an All India Financial Institution (AIFI) and an apex Supervisory Body for overall...
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global prices of an un-competitive nature, India's exports of dairy products are minimal. Amul Agriculture in India Wiley 2014, p. 54. Nivsarkar, Vij & Tantia...
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United States in 1998 with about 22.29 percent of global output in 2018. Within 30 years, it doubled the milk available per person in India and made dairy...
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and urban population, the water scarcity in India also extensively affects the ecosystem and agriculture. India has only 4% of the world's fresh water resources...
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during World War II. In India, traditionally, agricultural laborers and rural artisans have been the primary victims of famines. In the worst famines, cultivators...
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Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India. It reports...
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of the workforce in India are employed in agriculture. India is major agriculture producing country and has the most arable land in the world followed...
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Agricultural Universities (AUs) are mostly public universities in India that are engaged in teaching, research and extension in agriculture and related...
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university awarding the bachelor's degree in agriculture. The Bachelor of Science in Agriculture degree in India is typically a 4-year course under credit...
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National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) is an organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India. It...
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India, officially the Republic of India (ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous...
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contrasting to agricultural crises in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa during the period. An agricultural college was also established in British India, now known...
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