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INDIA: AGRICULTURE. — Social Science STD 10 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceINDIA: AGRICULTURE.4 Marks
Question
What do you mean by technical reforms in agriculture? Enlist the technical reforms that have taken place in Indian agriculture.###State the technical improvements in agriculture in India. 
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Answer

Technical reforms:
  • The changes in technical things such as seeds, fertilizers and farm implements that have taken place in India are known as technical reforms.
Following technical reforms have taken place in Indian agriculture:
  • The farmers who earlier used leather buckets and water wheel, now use submersible pumps or mono-bloc pumps, solar pumps, drip irrigation and sprinklers to irrigate his fields.
  • Today's farmer uses chemical fertilizers like di-ammonia phosphate (D.A.P.), nitrogen, phosphorous, potash (N. P. K.), urea and other bio-fertilizers, liquid bio-fertilizer and biotech seeds.
  • Government and several NGOs constantly guide the farmers about various aspects of agriculture. They guide through radio, television, newspapers, DD Kisan channel, SMS, Web portals, i-khedut and mobile app like 'agri market'. The farmers can also call at Kisan Call Centre and solve his queries and seek guidance regarding farming issues.
  • Village gram sevaks guide farmers about the new agricultural researches and new techniques.
  • Government has established farmer training centre in every district head quarter to train the farmers.
  • Several agricultural fairs are also held in Gujarat where in the farmers come to know about the new developments taken place in agriculture.
  • Agricultural University and agricultural colleges are established in every state to teach students about agriculture and conduct research.
  • Agriculter univrsites are estembal at dantiwada junagadh,anand,and navsare in Gujarat.these universities carry our research and prepare new expert in agriculture. Institutions like Indian council for agricultural research (ICAR)and department in agriculture.

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