Question

Which one of the following is the main cause of the low productivity of rice in India?

• A. Low fertility of soils
• B. High incidence of pests
• C. Low yielding varieties
• D. Low market price

Answer 1

The correct option is C Low yielding varieties

The real problem of Indian agriculture seems to be that there are too many people who depend on agriculture. The Indian farmers have been using old and inefficient methods and techniques of production generation after generation. Increase in production is possible only if proper and adequate manures with high yielding varieties are used. But, in India, the use of both farmyard manure and chemical fertilisers is mostly inadequate compared to our needs. Farmers even now only grow crops that have low yielding. The importance of good quality seeds to increase agricultural productivity hardly requires any emphasis. But, Indian farmers have been using seeds of very poor quality for decades

So the correct option is 'low yielding varieties'.