Present and Past Status of Indian Agriculture

ISBN-13: 9786139916016 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 52 str.

Avinash Sharma; Monoj Sutradhar; Sheelawati Monlai

Opis

The background of review has discussed about present positions and past positions of Agriculture. The area and productivity of 2013-14 are higher than area or production of 2015-16. The food grains production of 2013-14 is 12.96 mt higher than food grains production of 2015-16. The 173.65 mha is degraded soil in out of 328.9 mha of geographical areas of India. The soil degradation is reported 53 billion tonnes annually in India. America developed first farm machines and tools factory in 19th century and they served gas-powered tractors and harvesters to farmers. The farm machine and tools subsidy of 2013-14 is 30% lesser than farm machine and tools of 2015-16. The carbon dioxide level was 397-416 ppm and is 371 ppm of present period. The temperature was elevated 0.12 °C and 1.02 °C or 1-1.4 °C and 2.23-2.87 °C are raised into current period. The agriculture GDP of 2013-14 was 13.9% and of 2015-16 is 15.9%. The long term rainfall is below 10% then the rainfall scarcity is found in the environment. The long term rainfall of 2013-14 to 2015-16 is below 10%. The ground water utilization has been increased after 1950-51 years. The annual consumption of groundwater is 245 billion cubic.

O autorze

Sharma, Avinash
Avinash Sharma belongs to Nalanda District, Bihar. He studied B.Sc. (Agri.) from Central Agricultural University, Imphal and pursued M.Sc. (Agri.) with specialization Plant Biotechnology from UAS, Bangalore. Among his achievements are ICAR-NET and several published Research papers, Review papers and books.