Agriculture In M.P.

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Agriculture is regarded as back bone of economy of state. As per economic survey , Government of MP the ………..contribution of agriculture in G.D.P. is now 20% .

74.00% of population of state depends upon agriculture, directly or indirectly. As per art-48 of directive principle, there is an emphasis on promotion of agriculture and animal husbandry.

State is regarded as backward State (HDI-0.375 IN 2011 ,……IN 2017 MP-0.594 ,…India-0.64)in field of agriculture.

Following are the …..reasons for backwardness of M.P.:-

1) The old age traditional techniques of agriculture.

2) Lack of modern means of irrigation.

3) Nature of topography of state is not congenial for agriculture because of slopes, ups & downs.

4) Lack of penetration of government schemes related with agriculture to the medium & small farmers.

5) Lack of fertile soil in the state e.g. except Chambal & Malwa area

6) Lack of means of transportation.

7) Size of land holding is small .The maximum land holdings are less than 5 hectare so it is difficult to afford modern means & appliances for agriculture.

Land Use In M.P.

It means how much land is used under agriculture .In M.P. …….per capita sown area is 0.34 hectare, in M.P. the ……total cropped area under all crops are 118 lack hectares out of which the ……food grains covers 62% area, ………non food gains cover 38% area.

In M.P. the ……average size of land holding is decreasing, it is …..now 2.2 hectare per capita.

-Following are factors which decide …land use-

1) Physical character :- Plane land-….. more land use

Unequal land-…….. less land use

Sloped land-………minimum land use

Moderate slope- ……through contour agriculture

Depression - ………good land use for rice.

2) Nature of Soil:- Sandy soil-…..less land use

Red-yellow soil - …….average land use

Black & alluvial -…….maximum land use

3) Rainfall :- good rain is …congenial for land use the western area of M.P. where rain fall is 75 C.M. & there are absence of means of irrigation that why land use is less where as in eastern area, rainfall 125cm land use is max.

4) Agro-techniques:- development technique -maximum land use e.g. even in less rain fall area if there is suitable irrigation tech like sprinkler & drip irrigation.

5) Hybrid seeds-

6) Fertilizes –

Areas where …land use is more than 50% are-

Chambal Valley:-irrigation soil, Plateau of Malwa:-rain fall soil,

Plateau of Rewa-Panna

Areas where land use is less than ?rd-

1) plateau of Baghelkhand 2) Ranges of Satpura-maikal 3) Chhatarpur & Tikamgarh

Major Crops of M.P.

The total food grain production in M.P. is not consistent, it is uneven the food grain production is 230.2 lak Metric tones.