Agriculture and Its Importance in the Indian Economy
This chapter tries to know more about agriculture in India and explores the details about the important role of agriculture in the Indian economy. Indians have been practicing agriculture since the time of the Indus Valley Civilization. To practice agriculture means to use natural resources to produce commodities that maintain life, including food, fiber, Medical herbs, plants, honey, timber and other non-wood products, horticultural crops, and food processing industries. Green Revolution is the biggest revolution in agriculture. Green revolution means increase in production, particularly wheat and rice by adopting new technology of high yielding variety (HYV) seeds during 1969
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