Question

What is the net sown area and gross cropped area?

Answer 1

Answer:

Gross Cropped Area (GCA)

The cumulative area sown once and also more than once in a given year is the gross cropped area (GCA).

• The region counted is double in GCA when the crop is cultivated on an area of land twice.
• Gross cropped area is divided by net sown area.
• It includes the part of the net sown area which is used for two or three crops in a year.

Net Sown Area (NSA)

The physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested is known as net sown area.

• The increase in net area sown is a recent phenomenon due to the use of culturable wasteland for agricultural purposes. Before which it was registering a slow decrease.
• There are indications that most of the decline had occurred due to the increases in area under nonagricultural use.
• The net sown area is the proportion of the total areas of the country which is used for growing crops.

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Further Reading

1. Write a short note on types of agriculture?

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