Explain any five features of Indian agriculture.

1.	Explain any five features of Indian agriculture.
Answer» The following are the five features of Indian agriculture. Indian agriculture is mainly of intensive subsistence type. It is mainly practiced in areas of high population pressure on land. It is labour-intensive farming, where high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining high yields. Farmers continue to take maximum output from the limited land in the absence of alternate source of livelihood, which leads to enormous pressure on agricultural land. The right of inheritance has led to division of land among successive generations and rendered the size of land holding uneconomical.

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The following are the five features of Indian agriculture.

Indian agriculture is mainly of intensive subsistence type.
It is mainly practiced in areas of high population pressure on land.
It is labour-intensive farming, where high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining high yields.
Farmers continue to take maximum output from the limited land in the absence of alternate source of livelihood, which leads to enormous pressure on agricultural land.
The right of inheritance has led to division of land among successive generations and rendered the size of land holding uneconomical.

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