Agricultural Geography Quiz

Desertification can be checked by artificial bunds or covering the area with the proper type of vegetation and stop over-grazing.

The largest irrigated area in India is occupied by rice. The total area under irrigated rice is about 22.00 million hectares, which accounts about 49.5 percent of the total area under rice crop in the country.

Chernozems are humus-rich grassland soils used extensively for growing cereals or for raising livestock. They are found in the middle latitudes of both hemispheres, in zones commonly termed prairie in North America, pampa in Argentina, and steppe in Asia or in eastern Europe.

The Brown Revolution focuses on building soil ecology, thus enabling local farmers to feed communities. Brown Revolution: This revolution focuses on meeting the demand for coffee from the developed nations by growing socially responsible and environment-friendly coffee. The Brown Revolution is related to Visakhapatnam's tribal areas.

The laterite soil is formed under conditions of high temperature and heavy rainfall with alternate wet and dry periods, which leads to leaching of soil, leaving only oxides of iron and aluminium.

The Green Revolution in India was initiated in the 1960s by introducing high-yielding varieties of rice and wheat to increase per hectare productivity.

The High Yielding Variety Programme (HYVP) was launched in the Kharif of 1966-67 with an objective to attain self-sufficiency in food by 1970-71.

Jute is also called “brown paper” as the colour of the jute fibres is brown. Jute is used chiefly to make cloth for wrapping bales of raw cotton, make sacks and coarse cloth and making fine printing paper.

'IR-20' and 'Ratna' are two important varieties of paddy. 'IR-20' (International Rice-20) is a high-yielding variety of rice developed by the International Rice Research Institute. 'Ratna' Rice is as long as Basmati rice grains.

Tea grows best in regions which enjoy a warm, humid climate with a rainfall measuring at least 200 centimetres a year. Ideally, it likes deep, light, acidic and well-drained soil. Given these conditions, tea will grow in areas from sea level up to altitudes as high as 2,100 metres above sea level.