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India was the largest producer of wheat and grain. Then settled life soon followed with implements and techniques being developed for agriculture. [3] [4] Double monsoons led to two harvests being reaped in one year. [5] Indian products soon reached the world via existing trading networks and foreign crops were introduced to India.
Each region in India has a specific soil and climate that is only suitable for certain types of farming. Many regions on the western side of India experience less than 50 cm of rain annually, so the farming systems are restricted to cultivate crops that can withstand drought conditions and farmers are usually restricted to single cropping. [3]
Organic Farming has grown by 3.53 million acres (1,430,000 hectares) in the U.S. from 2000 to 2011. [244] In 2016, California had 2,713 organic farms, which makes California the largest producer of organic goods in the U.S. [243] 4% of food sales in the U.S. are of organic goods. [245]
The Indian federal government’s agriculture ministry has spent upwards of $8 million to promote natural farming and says farmers tilling nearly a million acres across the country have shifted to ...
Worldwide employment In agriculture, forestry and fishing in 2021. India has one of the highest number of people employed in these sectors. As per the 2014 FAO world agriculture statistics India is the world's largest producer of many fresh fruits like banana, mango, guava, papaya, lemon and vegetables like chickpea, okra and milk, major spices like chili pepper, ginger, fibrous crops such as ...
Sir Albert Howard CIE (8 December 1873 – 20 October 1947) was an English botanist.His academic background might have been botany. While working in India he was generally considered a pathologist; this more than likely being the reason for his consistent observations of the value of compost applications being an increase in health (of the whole system).
Subhash Palekar (born 2 February 1949) is an Indian agriculturist who practiced and wrote many books about Subhash Palekar Natural Farming (previously called Zero Budget Natural Farming). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Palekar was born in 1949 [ 3 ] in a small village Belora in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra in India, and he has an agricultural background.
India Organic is a certification mark for organically farmed food products manufactured in India. [1] The certification mark certifies that an organic food product confirms to the National Standards for Organic Products [ 2 ] established in 2000.