Name: Conservation of Land Resources
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 32 s
Description: This video explains how humans are constantly consuming land resources, resulting in their depletion, as well as the different causes and solutions.

Question

'India has the largest percentage of its land under agricultural use.' Give reasons.

Accepted Answer

The following reasons are responsible for the largest percentage of India's land under agricultural use:

Large population: India has a population of more than $1.3$ billion. To feed them, high agriculture production is needed which is possible only by devoting a large area under agriculture.

Less development: India is a developing country. Industries are not fully developed here. So, providing employment to a large population is difficult. Therefore, most people are engaged in agriculture in India. In Canada and other advanced countries, nearly $52 %$ of the land is used for non-agricultural purposes.

A large fertile plain: The northern plains formed by the Indus, the Ganga, the Brahmaputra and their tributaries are suitable for growing different crops.

'India has the largest percentage of its land under agricultural use.' Give reasons.

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