Does north india practise intensive or extensive agriculture?

Question

Does north india practise intensive or extensive agriculture?

Answer 1

North Indian agriculture is intensive in nature.

Intensive farming or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs of capital or labour relative to land area. This is in contrast to the concept of Extensive Agriculture which involves a low input of materials and labour with the crop yield depending largely on the naturally available soil fertility, water supply or other land qualities. Modern day forms of intensive crop based agriculture involve the use of mechanical ploughing, chemical fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, plant growth regulators and/or pesticides. It is associated with the increasing use of agricultural mechanization, which have enabled a substantial increase in production.

Answer 2

From a nation dependent on food imports to feed its population, India today is not only self-sufficient in grain production but also has a substantial reserve. The progress made by agriculture in the last four decades has been one of the biggest success stories of free India.

This increase in agricultural production has been brought about by bringing additional area under cultivation, extension of irrigation facilities, the use of improved high-yielding variety of seeds, better techniques evolved through agricultural research, water management, and plant protection through judicious use of fertilizers, pesticides and cropping practices.

Answer 3

To know about north India agriculture best source is Punjab Agricultural University .They have all the data of different crops . U can visit the university site too