Question

Name the factors influencing agriculture.

Answer 1

Different factors which influence agriculture are soil, climate, monsoon, irrigation facilities, availability or adoption of different technology.

• Depending upon the variations in the cultivation practices, climate, variations in the soil, different types of food and non food crops are grown in different parts of the country.

• Some of the major crops grown in India are jute, cotton, oil seeds, sugarcane, coffee, tea, pulses, millets, wheat, rice.
• To grow a wide range of high-value crops, India’s diverse climate can be harnessed.
• The tea plant grows well in fertile well-drained soil rich in organic matter and humus, and grows well in subtropical and tropical climates.
• Tea bushes require moist frost-free and warm climate throughout the year.
• Sugarcane is a subtropical and tropical crop. It grows well in temperatures of 21°C to 27°C and in humid and hot climates.
• Rubber requires rainfall along with humid and moist climate.
• Jute grows well on well-drained fertile soils in the flood plains where soils are renewed every year.
• The two important wheat-growing zones in India are black soil region of the Deccan and the Ganga-Satluj plains in the northwest.