GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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a lower demand for food
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greater production of agricultural goods by fewer people
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an increased number of people involved in agriculture
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periodic shortages of food
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Detailed explanation-1: -Irrigation affects the spatial distribution of agricultural production by allowing: (i) the growing of crops on land that was unable to sustain agriculture under rainfed conditions; (ii) the more intensive growing of existing crops; and (iii) the growing of alternative crops.
Detailed explanation-2: -One of the field-level methods for increasing water productivity is deficit irrigation, where deliberately less water is applied than that required to meet the full crop water demand. The prescribed water deficit should result in a small yield reduction that is less than the concomitant reduction in transpiration.
Detailed explanation-3: -→ Minimum Support Price policy, provision for crop insurance, subsidy on agricultural inputs and resources such as power and fertilizers, Grameen Banks, Kissan Credit Card and Personal Accident Insurance Scheme are also some of the reforms bought by Indian Government.