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(i) What is meant by Net sown area?(ii) State the significance of Net sown area in India. (iii) What are the two adverse effects of small and fragmented farm holdings on the agricultural productivity ?

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(i) The total area of land used for cultivation at least once in a year. 

(ii) The net sown area is the means to meet the food and other requirements of the rapidly increasing population in India. 

(iii) The two adverse effects are :

1. Low agricultural productivity and backward state of our agriculture. 

2. A lot of time and labour is wasted in moving seeds, manure, implements and cattle from one piece of land to another.



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