Agriculture Test 1

Pesticides – also known as agricultural chemicals – are substances that are used to protect plants against pests.

Watering with drip irrigation decreases evaporation and saves up to 80 percent more water.

It also ensure that the water gets to the plants' roots, which can lead to better growth.

Makar Sankranti marks the termination of the Winter season and the beginning of a new harvest season.

It is a harvest festival celebrated mostly in Punjab in India.

The process of putting seeds into the soil is called sowing.

This is the primary process in the cultivation of crops or agriculture.

India is the world's largest producer of raw jute and jute goods, contributing to over 50 percent and 40 percent respectively of global production.

No, we cannot grow our food everyday as some crops are seasonal.

Rabi crops are sown in winter. So the crops which are sown in November and harvest by March are examples of rabi crops. 

The major rabi crop in India is wheat.

Rice is a Kharif crop that requires high temperature, heavy rainfall and high humidity for proper growth.

Man learnt harvesting plants or agriculture by understanding nature.

The method of growing different crops alternatively on same piece of land is called rotation cropping.