Agriculture Questions & Answers
Agriculture has become one of the challenging topics from which questions are asked in IAS Exam every year. The topic is so diverse in nature that it becomes pertinent for aspirants to know underlying concepts in Agriculture for UPSC.
If someone goes through the previous years' Agriculture questions asked in prelims and mains, they would find out that basic knowledge of agriculture-related terms, issues and initiatives forms the building blocks of answers to all these.
Here at BYJU’S Agriculture Education Portal, UPSC Experts have come forward to answer even the tiniest doubt of the aspirant in relation with agricultural concepts. The compilation of all questions and answers are given below:
The private sector has been playing an important role in the seed industry over the last few years. According to seednet.gov.in, the number of...
The e-NAM is an electronic trading platform that has been created under the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare. It offers a “plug-in”...
The e-Nam was launched to promote uniformity in agriculture marketing by streamlining of procedures across the integrated markets, remove...
The main objectives of e-NAM are to promote uniformity in agriculture marketing, remove information asymmetry in the market and promote real-time...
National Agriculture Market (eNAM) is a pan-India electronic trading portal under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. It creates a...
Till September 2020, 1000 wholesale regulated markets across 18 States and 3 Union Territories (UTs) have been integrated with the e-NAM...
The eNAM helps the farmers or the sellers by providing transparency in trade through better price discovery, access to more markets & buyers,...
The eNAM Integrates APMCs across the country through a common online market platform and facilitates trade in agriculture commodities. It...
The National Agriculture Market (NAM) is an electronic trading platform that links the existing APMC mandis in the country and forms a unified...
PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana is implemented by NITI Aayog. It oversees the programme implementation, inter-ministerial coordination, allocation of...
As of April 2020, TamilNadu has topped in Micro-Irrigation Coverage under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana for the FY 2019-20. Further...
Fertilizer company gets a subsidy from the government. The company in turn sells the fertilizer at a reduced price to the farmer. Further...
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana was launched on 1st July 2015 with the motto of "Har Khet Ko Paani". Further Reading: Pradhan Mantri...
The main aim of PMKSY is to achieve convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, improve water use efficiency, expand cultivable...
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana was launched on 1st July 2015 with the motto of "Har Khet Ko Paani". Further Reading: Pradhan Mantri...
Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) was launched in 2015 to extend irrigation coverage and improve water use efficiency. Further...
Agriculture is a primary activity, which produces most of the food that we consume. It also produces raw materials for various industries....
Agriculture produce is generally measured at the point of harvest at its fair value less costs to sell. Further Reading: Agriculture in India...
Rice is grown in the plains of north and north-eastern India, coastal areas and the deltaic regions and wheat is grown in the north and...
NSC refers to National Seed Corporation Limited (NSC). It plays an important role in the production, drying, storing, distribution and...
