KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / TYPES OF CULTIVATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / TYPES OF CULTIVATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / TYPES OF CULTIVATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1.    Sedentary cultivation

2.    Crop rotation

3.    Shifting cultivation

4.    Mixed cropping

5.    Relay cropping

6.    Terrace Cultivation

7.    Mixed farming

 

·      A centrally sponsored Command Area Development Programme was launched in 1974-75 with the main objective of improving utilization of irrigation potential and optimizing agricultural productivity.

·      Irrigation in India can be classified into Wells, Tanks and Canals

·      Wells account for about 48% of the total irrigated area in the country

·      Tanks account for about 10% of the total irrigated area, are used in Central and southern India.

KERALA PSC / INDIAN GEOGRAPHY / TYPES OF CULTIVATION / NOTES / OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS / STUDY MATERIALS / GENERAL KNOWLEDGE