Describe the three factors that accounted for the constant expansion ofagriculture during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Describe the three factors that accounted for the constant expansion o

1.	Describe the three factors that accounted for the constant expansion ofagriculture during sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Answer» Solution :Following are the three factors that accounted for the constant expansion of agriculture during16thand 17th centuries : (i) The PLENTIFUL of land availability labour and thethe mobility of PEASANTS were the three main factors that accounted for the continuous expansion of agriculture. (ii)State support was extended to irrigation projects. The wooden plough was used. It was lightand easilyassembled withan irontips. (iii)Hoeingand weeding were performedat the same TIME USING a narrow ironblade with a small wooden HANDLE. (iv)Basic staples such as rice, wheat or millets werethe most cultivated crops, however, monsoons were the backbone of Indian agriculture.