UPSC Mains Notes Major Crops Cropping Patterns, Types Of Irrigation, Transport And Marketing Of Agricultural Produce
Previous Year Questions Asked In Mains From This Topic
- How and to what extent would micro-irrigation help in solving India’s water crisis ? [2021]
- What are the present challenges before crop diversification? How do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification? [2021]
- What are the main constraints in transport and marketing of agricultural produce in India? [2020]
- What are the major factors responsible for making rice-wheat system a success? In spite of this success how has this system become bane in India? [2020]
- Suggest measures to improve water storage and irrigation system to make its judicious use under depleting scenario. [2020]
- How far is Integrated Farming System (IFS) helpful in sustaining agricultural production? [2019]
- How has the emphasis on certain crops brought about changes in cropping patterns in recent past? Elaborate the emphasis on millets production and consumption. [2018]
- What are the major reasons for declining rice and wheat yield in the cropping system ? How crop diversification is helpful to stabilise the yield of the crops in the system? [2017]
- What is water-use efficiency? Describe the role of micro-irrigation in increasing the water-use efficiency. [2016]
- What is allelopathy? Discuss its role in major cropping systems of irrigated agriculture. [2016]
- Given the vulnerability of Indian agriculture to vagaries of nature, discuss the need for crop insurance and bring out the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). [2016]
- In view of the declining average size of land holdings in India which has made agriculture non-viable for a majority of farmers, should contract farming and land leasing be promoted in agriculture ? Critically evaluate the pros and cons. [2015]
- How can the ‘Digital India’ programme help farmers to improve farm productivity and income ? What steps has the Government taken in this regard ? [2015]
- There is also a point of view that Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) set up under the State Acts have not only impeded the development of agriculture but also have been the cause of food inflation in India. Critically examine. [2014]
- “In the villages itself no form of credit organization will be suitable except the cooperative society.” — All India Rural Credit Survey. Discuss this statement in the background of agricultural finance in India. What constraints and challenges do financial institutions supplying agricultural finance face? How can technology be used to better reach and serve rural clients? [2014]
