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CITES – Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species It is the greatest wildlife agreement of the world which has bee ...

Irrigation: Three major means of irrigation are in vogue: Canals (surface water resources ) Wells and Tubewells (underground wa ...

Statewise : Then 91.96% of irrigated area in Jammu and Kashmir, 70.19% in Chhattisgarh, 45.30% in Haryana and 35.79% in Andhra P ...

Well and Tube well Irrigation : Ganga – satluj plain from Punjab to West Bengal in North India. The black soil area of Maharash ...

TANK IRRIGATION : Tank irrigation has a special significance in the stony peninsular India. There is no permeation of water in t ...

Percentage (According to 2001-02) of irrigated land in total cultivated land State Percentage Punjab Haryana Uttar Pradesh Tamil ...

In Indian, three major crops are cultivated in a year : Rabi crop : It is sown generally in October and harvested in April. The ...

AGRICULTURE About 51% of the total area of India is used for agriculture whereas only 5% area of Canada, 11% of China, 13% of Ja ...

Cropping Intensity : Cropping intensity means number (frequency ) of crops raised in the same field during one agriculture year ...

Land holding (1990-91) Types of land holding Size of land holding Per cent Marginal land holding Small land holding Medium land ...

Major Crops of India: Rice : Rice is a crop of tropical humid climate. It needs above 25^0 c temperature and above 100 cm rainf ...

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Wheat: It is a crop of temperate climate. Generally 10^0 – 150 C temperature and an annual rainfall of 50-75 cm are needed for ...

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Maize : It is grown on 3.6% of the total sown area in India. 50-100 cm rainfall is suitable for its cultivation. Andhra Prade ...

Oilseeds : About 20% of the world’s total oilseed producing area is in India. Oilseeds rank next to food grains among agricultu ...

Groundnut: India is the largest producer of groundnut in the world. It produces 17% groundnut of the world. Groundnut is a ra ...

Sunflower : Karnataka is the largest producer of sunflower followed by Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Jowar: An average temp ...

Sugarcane : Sugarcane is an indigenous plant of India. It is grown in tropical climate with generally 20^0 C- 270 C temperatur ...

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