Agricultural Development in Himachal Pradesh |
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... farm - yard manure for maintaining fertility of their lands . Accord- ing to the Livestock Census , the total ... farming and livestock management are based on primitive technology . Cultivation is generally by hoe and wooden plough ...
... farm - yard manure for maintaining fertility of their lands . Accord- ing to the Livestock Census , the total ... farming and livestock management are based on primitive technology . Cultivation is generally by hoe and wooden plough ...
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... farm below which farming becomes unprofi- table , whatever the technology be . The extent of profitability of agricultural operation and its efficiency will ultimately depend upon the size of the unit of culti- vation . As elsewhere in ...
... farm below which farming becomes unprofi- table , whatever the technology be . The extent of profitability of agricultural operation and its efficiency will ultimately depend upon the size of the unit of culti- vation . As elsewhere in ...
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... farms to be able to complete farm operations with thorough- ness and in time . These developments have led to some changes in cropping pattern and more intensive crop husbandry practices and raised the level of cropping intensity in the ...
... farms to be able to complete farm operations with thorough- ness and in time . These developments have led to some changes in cropping pattern and more intensive crop husbandry practices and raised the level of cropping intensity in the ...
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Agricultural Census agricultural credit agricultural sector analysis Area and Yield area sown average barley Bilaspur Chamba black gram cent per annum Chamba district change change change compound growth rates consumption crop group cropping pattern cultivation districts have shown Districtwise farm farmers fertilizer food crops foodgrains forests fruits green manuring gross cropped area grown Hamirpur Hamirpur district highest increase Himachal Pradesh Important Crops increasing trend India interaction irrigated irrigational facilities Kangra district kharif Kinnaur district Kulu labour Lahaul & Spiti Lahaul-Spiti lakhs land use pattern maize Mandi district manure marginal Mustard negative growth rates non-food crops number of holdings paddy percentage population potato proportionate area pulses Rabi crop rapeseed rice Sesamum shift shown an increase shown decrease shown negative growth shows Simla and Sirmur Simla districts Sirmur districts Solan districts study period TABLE 5.4 Contd tenancy thousand hectares total area total cropped area Una districts vegetables wheat whereas Yield Cropping