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Engineering success review magazine
Engineering success review magazine published this article page no 39 but india produces only about 3.2 per cent coffee of the world and ranks seventh after brazil vietnam colombia indonesia ethopia and mexico in 2008-09. coffee is cultivated in the highlands of western ghats in karnataka kerala and tamil nadu. karnataka alone accounts for more than two-third of total production of coffee in the country. agricultural development in india agriculture continues to be an important sector of indian economy. in 2001 about 53 per cent population of the country was dependent on it Master in current affair hindi Master in current affair hindi published this article page no 40 the importance of agricultural sector in india can be gauged from the fact that about 57 per cent of its land is devoted to crop cultivation whereas in the world the corresponding share is only about 12 per cent. in spite of this there is tremendous pressure on agricultural land in india which is reflected from the fact that the land-human ratio in the country is only 0.31 ha which is almost half of that of the world as a whole 0.59 ha. despite various constraints indian agriculture has marched a long way since independ... Jagran sakhi magazine Jagran sakhi magazine published this article page no 41 after independence the immediate goal of the government was to increase foodgrains production by i switching over from cash crops to food crops ii intensification of cropping over already cultivated land and iii increasing cultivated area by bringing cultivable and fallow land under plough. initially this strategy helped in increasing foodgrains production. but agricultural production stagnated during late 1950s. to overcome this problem inten... Red magazine Red magazine Published this article page no 42 consequently the foodgrains were imported from other countries. new seed varieties of wheat mexico and rice philippines known as high yielding varieties hyvs were available for cultivation by mid-1960s. india took advantage of this and introduced package technology comprising hyvs along with chemical fertilizers in irrigated areas of punjab haryana western uttar pradesh andhra pradesh and gujarat. assured supply of soil moisture through irrigation was a basic pre-requisite for the success of this new agricultural technology. this strategy of agric... Science Reporter Magazine Science Reporter Magazine Published this article page no 43 this led to regional disparities in agricultural development in the country till the seventies after which the technology spread to the eastern and central parts of the country. the planning commission of india focused its attention on the problems of agriculture in rainfed areas in 1980s. it initiated agro-climatic planning in 1988 to induce regionally balanced agricultural development in the country. it also emphasised th...