AGRICULTURE CLASS 10 GEOGRAPHY Cheat Sheet by SilverPearl

2. practiced with primitive tools like hoes and digging sticks and family­/co­mmunity labour

4. It is also called slash and burn agricu­lture where farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family. When the soil fertility decreases, the farmers shift and clear a fresh patch of land for cultiv­ation. This type of shifting allows nature to replenish the fertility of the soil through natural processes.

6. Farmer does not use fertil­isers or other modern inputs

2. in 2017 india was the 2nd largest producer of cotton after china

4. requires high temper­ature, light rainfall or irriga­tion, 210 frost free days and bright sunshine for its growth

6. states: mahara­shtra, gujarat, madhya pradesh, karnataka, andhra pradesh, telangana, tamil nadu, punjab, haryana and uttar pradesh

2. arabica variety was initially brought over from yemen

2. important beverage crop

4. needs deep and fertile well drained soil, rich in humus and organic matter

6. needs frequent showers evenly distri­buted to ensure continuous growth of tender leaves

8. requires abundant, cheap and skilled labour

10. states: assam, hills of darjee­ling, jalpaiguri districts, west bengal, tamil nadu and kerala, himachal pradesh, uttara­khand, meghalaya, andhra pradesh and tripura.

2. Degree of commer­cia­lis­ation of agricu­lture varies from one region to another. ex: rice is a commerical crop in haryana an punjab but in odisha is a subsis­tence crop.

4. Since the production is mainly for market, a well developed network of transport and commun­ication connecting the plantation areas, processing industries and markets plays an important role in the develo­pment of planta­tions.

1. aka blood less revolution initiated by vinoba bhave

3. vinoba bhave assured them that he would talk to the government of india regarding provision of land for them if they undertook cooper­ative farming

5. this act was known as bhoodan

7. zamindars, owners of many villages offered to distribute some villages among the landless

9. however many land owners chose to provide some part of their land to the poor farmers due to the fear of the land ceiling act

2. grows well on well drained fertile soil in the flood plains where soils are renewed every year

4. states: west bengal, bihar, assam, odisha and meghalaya

6. its losing market to synthetic fibres especially nylon

2. tropical and sub tropical crop

4. important industrial raw material

2. they are known as coarse grains but they have high nutrit­ional value

4. jowar is the 3rd most important crop with respect to area and production

6. most jowar producing states are mahara­shtra, karnataka, andhra pradesh and madhya pradesh

8. major bajra producing states: rajasthan, uttar pradesh, mahara­shtra, gujurat and haryana

10. major ragi producing states are: karnataka, jharkhand, tamil nadu, himachal pradesh, uttara­khand, sikkim, arunachal pradesh

2. main food crop in north and northw­estern part of the country

4. requires cool growing season and bright sunshine at time of ripening

6. grows in ganga satluj plains and black soil region of deccan

2. india is second largest producer after china

4. requires high temper­ature above 25*C and high humidity

6. in areas of less rainfall it grows with the help of irrigation

8. develo­pment of dense network of canal irrigation and tubewells have made it possible to grow rice in areas of less rainfall

2. labour intensive farming

4. Through the right of inheri­tance, the division of land among successive genera­tions has rendered land holding size unecon­omical, the farmers continue to take maximum output from the limited land in the absence of alternate source of liveli­hood. Thus there is enormous pressure on land.

2. grows well in hot and humid climate

4. annual rainfall of 75cm and 100cm

6. it can be grown in a variety of soils and needs manual labour from sowing to harvesting

8. it is the main source of sugar, gur, khandsari and molasses

2. india was 3rd largest producer in rapeseed production after canada and china

4. main oil seeds: groundnut, mustard, coconut, sesamum, soyabean, castor seeds, cotton seeds, linseed and sunflower

6. groundnut is a kharif crop and accounts for half of major oilseeds produced

8. Linseed and mustard are rabi crops

10. castor seed is grown as both rabi and kharif crop

2. major source of protein in a vegetarian diet

4. pulses need less moisture and survive even in dry conditions

6. states: madhya pradesh, rajasthan, mahara­shtra, uttar pradesh and karnataka

2. kharif crop

4. grows well in old alluvial soil

6. use of modern inputs such as HYV seeds, fertil­isers and irrigation have contri­buted to the increasing production of maize

2. the first 3 are derived from crops grown in the soil the latter is obtained from the cocoons of the silkworms fed on green leaves especially the mulberry

1. sustained uses of land without compatible techno­-in­sti­tut­ional changes have hindered the pace of agricu­ltural develo­pment.

3. for a growing population this is a serious challenge

5. collec­tiv­isa­tion, consol­idation of holdings, cooper­ation and abolition of zamindari were given priority to bring about instit­utional reforms in the country after indepe­ndance

7. the right to inheri­tance had fragmented the land holdings necess­itating consol­idation of holdings

9. but this led to the concen­tration of develo­pment in few selected areas.

11. provision for crop insurance against drought, flood, cyclone, fire and disease, grameen banks, cooper­ative societies and banks for loans to the farmers at lower interest rates

13. special weather bulletins, agricu­lture programmes for farmers were introduced on the radio and television