About Indian Agriculture

About Indian Agriculture

           

About Indian Agriculture

  1.       The geographical area of India is: 328.74 MHA

  2.       Total reporting area of India is: 306 MHA  

  3.       Gross the sown area of India is: 192.20 MHA

       4.       Net the sown area of India is: 140.02 MHA

      5.       Cropping intensity of India is: 137.26 %

  6.       Gross irrigation area of India is: 86.42 MHA

  7.       Net irrigation area of India is: 63.26 MHA

  8.       Net irrigation area of India is: 120.40 MHA (36.6% TGA)

  9.       Annual world precipitation is: 1000 mm

 10.   Average annual rainfall of India: 1194 mm

 11.   Generated rainfall volume of Indian: 400 MHA-m

 12.   The generated runoff volume: 185 MHA-m

 13.   Total forest and tree cover of the country is: 80.20mha

 14.   Optimum forest area required: 33% of the geographical area

 15.   Per capita availability of agricultural use land is: 0.30 ha

 16.   The area under cultivable wasteland is: 14.63mha (5%)

 17.   The state has the highest geographical area: Rajasthan

 18.   The state which is second geographical area: Madhya Pradesh

 19.   The state which is first in pulse production: Madhya Pradesh > Maharashtra

 20.   The leading state in food grain production: Uttar Pradesh > Punjab

 21.    The state which is first in total coarse cereal production: Rajasthan

 22.   The total area under organic certification is: 5.71mha (2015-16)

 23.   Madhya Pradesh has covered the largest area under organic certification followed by Himachal Pradesh

 24.   National Center of Organic Farming: Ghaziabad

 25.   National Organic Farming Research Institute: Sikkim

 26.   Maximum area under irrigation is in Ganga basin

 27.   Maximum area under drip irrigation is in Maharashtra

 28.   Maximum area under sprinkler is in Haryana

 29.   Highest fertilizer consumption rate (the Includes States and Union Territories): Pondicherry (1091.0 kg/ha)

 30.   Highest fertilizer consumption rete ( Amount state): Punjab(212 kg/ha)

 31.   Total fertilizer consumption is maximum in Uttar Pradesh

 32.    Maximum area under irrigation is in Punjab(92.07% of cultivation area)

 33.   Number of an agro-climatic  zone in India (Planning commission): 15 zone

 34.   Number of agro-ecological regions (NBSS&LUP) : 20 zone

Referenced By - 

Book Name: ESSENTIALS OF AGRICULTURE 

Author Name: Narayan A. Nagre