Have any of u been to Indian villages ? Could u help me with the information like the crops grown etc.......

Question

The type of villages , like the climate , the type of crops , type of agriculture , type of land . How Production is done etc.......

Answer 1

Did you mean Indian, as in India the country, or Indian as in Native American?

Answer 2

If it is India that is asked about, one has to write an encyclopedia.

Villages in south India with an annual rainfall of about 10" to some in the north east with 500": Year round average temperature 80 deg F to subzero: Flooded over villages to those where one walks five miles to fetch drinking water: every imaginable crop from tropical, subtropical, to temperate being grown: the diversity is too much.

Answer 3

hi

I will help u..dont worry.......

i will tell u from the basics...

yeah,ive been there in a village in Punjab

Agriculture in India is one of the most prominent sectors in its economy.

Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 18.6% of the GDP in 2005 and employed 60% of the country's populationIt accounts for 8.56 % of India’s exports. About 43 % of India's geographical area is used for agricultural activity.

Despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, agriculture is still the largest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic development of India.

The monsoons play a critical role in the Indian sub-continent's agriculture in determining whether the harvest will be bountiful, average, or poor in any given year.

The entire rainfall in the sub-continent is concentrated in the few monsoon months.

Agriculture in India is constitutionally the responsibility of the states rather than the central government.

The central government's role is in formulating policy and providing financial resources for agriculture.

The government administers prices of essential commodities to protect farmer's interests. It also administers other commodities which are produced by government-controlled companies, like petroleum, coal, nitrogenous fertilizers, etc

. Other than these, most agricultural commodity markets operate under the normal forces of demand and supply.

PRODUCTION

India is the largest producer in the world of milk, cashew nuts, coconuts, tea, ginger, turmeric and black pepper. It also has the world's largest cattle population (193 million). India ranks second worldwide in farm output. It is the second largest producer of wheat, sugar, groundnut and inland fish. It is the third largest producer of tobacco and rice. India accounts for 10 per cent of the world fruit production with first rank in the production of banana and sapota.

REASONS FOR LOW PRODUCTIVITY IN INDIA

Despite high growth, international comparisons reveal that the average yield in India is generally 30% to 50% of the highest average yield in the world.

The low productivity in India is a result of the following factors:

--->Illiteracy, general socio-economic backwardness, reforms and inadequate or inefficient finance and marketing services for farm produce.

--->The average size of land holdings is very small (less than 20,000 m²) and are subject to fragmentation, due to land ceiling acts and in some cases, family disputes. Such small holdings are often over-manned, resulting in disguised unemployment and low productivity of labour.

---->Adoption of modern agricultural practices and use of technology is inadequate, hampered by ignorance of such practices, high costs and impracticality in the case of small land holdings.

--->Irrigation facilities are inadequate, as revealed by the fact that only 53.6% of the land was irrigated in 2000–01, which result in farmers still being dependent on rainfall, specifically the Monsoon season.

--->A good monsoon results in a robust growth for the economy as a whole, while a poor monsoon leads to a sluggish growth. Farm credit is regulated by NABARD, which is the statutory apex agent for rural development in the subcontinent.

In the last few decades several farmers have committed suicide especially in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala. Combating this has become a major challenge for these governments. Some of the causes for the deaths include indebtedness of small and marginal farmers and repeated crop failures.

CLIMATE

Almost all types of climatic conditions exist in India. In the North-West and North-East Himalayan region, temperate climate prevails, thereby, occurrence of snow fall and minimum temperature of -20 °C. In the West, desert exists denoted by sand dunes, very low rainfall and arid vegetation. In the rest of India, the climate is tropical monsoon type with four seasons: (i) winter (January-February), (ii) hot weather summer (March-May), (iii) rain (June-September) and (iv) autumn or post monsoon (October-December). The climate of the country is affected by two seasonal winds, the North-East monsoon and the South-West monsoon. Thus, all types of horticultural crops are grown in the country.

GEOGRAPHY



The geological regions may be grouped into three regions, i.e., the Himalayas and their associated group of mountains, the Indo-Gangatic Plain and the peninsular shield. Himalayan region has temperate climate, Indo-Gangatic Plain, sub-tropical and peninsular region tropical climate. The soils are predominantly sandy loam, alluvial, black cotton soil and red laterite.

there are the followint types of agriculture practiced in India

1) Subsistance

2)commercial.....

etc

hope this is the best answer..

all the best

Answer 4

Rohan has done a great job.

The country is very vast and the crops of a wide variety are grown.Rice is South India -the four states of Tamil Nadu,Kerala,Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.North India grows mainly wheat..the staples of south and north India respectively.

As has been pointed out...the vast country has a wide range of temperature and rainfall patterns.

Should u want to know the nitty gritty of Indian Agriculture I suggest you look up websites where DR M.S.SWAMINATHAN,a well known scientist,publishes his reports- he runs a non profit research organisation in India and is an expert in Indian agriculture.

Hope my answer helps.