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Agriculture Sector — Revision Notes
Telangana Open School (TOSS) · Class 12 · Economics
Agriculture Sector revision notes for Telangana Open School (TOSS) Class 12 Economics: 4 topics in quick points.
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Importance and Growth of Agriculture in the Indian Economy
- Agriculture contributes 17.4% to India's GDP (2017-18), down from 56.5% in 1950-51.
- It provides employment to about 42% of the workforce (2020), though this is declining slowly.
- Agriculture supplies raw materials to industries like sugar, jute, textiles, and food processing.
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Low Productivity in Agriculture
- India's crop yields are lower than global leaders — wheat yield is 48% of UK’s, rice yield is 53% of China’s.
- Reasons for low productivity are categorized into common, organizational, and technical causes.
- Common causes: Social environment (illiteracy, superstition), population pressure on land, and soil fertility degradation.
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Land Reforms in India
- Land reforms aim to ensure social justice and increase agricultural productivity by restructuring land ownership.
- Main components: Removal of intermediaries, tenancy reforms, land ceiling, consolidation of holdings, and cooperative farming.
- Removal of intermediaries: Ended zamindari system; land transferred to actual cultivators.
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Green Revolution in India
- Introduced in mid-1960s using High Yielding Varieties (HYVs) of wheat and rice, supported by fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation.
- Father of Green Revolution globally: Norman Borlaug; in India: M.S. Swaminathan.
- Led to massive increase in food grain production — wheat rose from 11.1 million tons (1960-61) to 95.85 million tons (2013-14).
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Key topics in Agriculture Sector include Importance and Growth of Agriculture in the Indian Economy, Low Productivity in Agriculture, Land Reforms in India, Green Revolution in India. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the Telangana Open School (TOSS) Class 12 board exam.
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