Topic
cropping pattern
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Inputs & crop science, IndiaCrop diversification is a sure requirement in IndiaCrop diversification lets farmers spread risk and move to more profitable crops; in India, livestock and fisheries took a growing share of farm income between 1990-91 and 2002-03.
- Markets, IndiaShift in the cropping patternIndia's cropping pattern has shifted with prices and technology, with the food to non-food crop area ratio moving from 74:26 in 1950-51 to 73:27 in 2013-14.