Meteorological subdivision in India …………………36
Contribution of SW monsoon in total rainfall
……………………80-90%
ICAR was established on the recommendation of
Royal Commission on Agriculture (1928) on …………………16 July, 1929
Number of agro – climatic zones in India (planning
commission) is …………………15
Number of agro – ecological zones in India (NBSS
& LUP) is 20
Number of Agricultural Universities in India
…………………56 (SAUs 55 and one CAU at Imphal)
Number of total Agricultural Universities or
Universities having faculty of Agriculture in India is 65 (55 SAU +1 CAU +5
Deemed Univ + 4 other (BHU, AMU, Nagaland Univ. and Vishvabharti)
Number of National Bureaus ……………….6
Placed different agriculture research institutes
under the purview of ICAR in 1966
President of ICAR ………………………Union Minister of
Agriculture
First Agriculture Minister of Independent India
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
First KVK in India was established in
Pondicherry during 1974
Number of KVKs in India (Jan 2014 )…………..636
ICAR is registered society came in
existence in…………..1929
Wheat variety contributed much to green
revolution is ……………… HD 2329
Number of country members of UNO………..193 (recently joined South Sudan on
14th July 2011)
Number of country members of WTO…………159 (Recently joined Tajikistan on March 2, 2013)
Forest area in the country is about 23, 82 % (in
2011) (state having highest forest area is M.P.)
ICAR
reorganized in …………………….1965 and 1972
India is the 2nd largest producer of
fish in the world (first –china).
India is the 2nd largest producer of
inland fish in the world
Distribution of certified seeds in the year
2012-13 was 328.6 lakh tones.
Contribution of Agriculture in National GDP in 2011-12 (advance estimate
) was 14.1 %
Employment in the agriculture sector as share of
total workers as per census 2011 during 2009-10 was ……………..52
Share of agricultural products in
total exports (2011-120 was ………………..12.4 %
Largest contributor commodity in agriculture
exports (2011-12) was ……………………Cereals (2.1%)
Largest contributor commodity in agricultural
imports (2011- 12 ) : Edible oils (2.0 %
of total imports)
External debt on India in 2012 was ………….345.36
billion $
Value of export of Agriculture and allied
products in 2011-12 was 376.0 billion $ (US)
Largest contributor in total power generation is
…………..Thermal power
Consumption of fertilizers in India (2010-11 ) was …………….144.14 kg /ha
State having highest fertilizer consumption in
kg /ha is (in 2009)…………..Andhra Pradesh
State having lowest fertilizer consumption in
KG/ha is (in 2010-11) ……….Arunachal Pradesh
The average size of agriculture holding in India
during 2009-10 was ………………1.06 ha
Largest
coffee producing state ………….Karnataka
Largest tea producing state ………………………..Assam
Largest rubber producing state……………………….Kerala
UN declared year 2010 as “International Year of
Biodiversity”
UN declared year 2011 as………..”International Year of Forests”
UN declared year 2012 as ……………….”International
Year of Cooperatives”
UN declared year 2013 as …………………”International
Year of Water Cooperation “ & “International Year of Quinoa (Peruvian
fruit)
Ministry of Agriculture (India ) cleared year
2012 as “Year of Horticulture “
Per hectare consumption of pesticides in India
during 2008 was 381g against the world average of 500g.
Rice is the highest pesticide consuming crop
(25.9% of total pesticides) in the country.
Andhra Pradesh is the highest pesticide
consuming state (23% of total) followed by Punjab and Maharashtra.
The
world’s first high yielding aromatic basmati rice Pusa Basmati; first amber
colored commercial Triticale variety DT 46; the first composite maize varieties
Vijay , kisan , Jawahar and Vikram ; the first hybrids of mango Amrapali and
Malika ,have all been developed at the IARI ,New Delhi.
More than 180000 germplasm of agri-
horticultural croups and their wild relatives collected and preserved in the
National Gene Bank (NBPGR), New Delhi.
“Everything else may but not agriculture”
statement was given by J.L.Nehru.
”our salvation can only come through the farmer,
neither the lawyer, nor the doctor, not the rich landlord are going to secure
it” statement was given by ………….M.K. Gandhi.
Food grain production of India rose from 50
million tons during 1950-51 to 255.36 million tons in 2012-13.
Record food grain production was recorded during
2011-12 (259.29 mt)
India is
largest consumer of sugar second largest producer of sugar with a production of
188 lakh tones during 2009- 10.
India is largest producer, consumer of black tea
in world (tea is grown in 16 states of India).
India is the largest producer, consumer and
exporter of spices in the world
India’s share in world spices export in 2010
was 15.5 %
India’s share in world exports by commodity in
2010 was 1.5%
The per capita net availability of cereals a
pulse in India during 2011 was 423.5 and 39. 4 g/ respectively.
A.P. (90.
61 lakh tones) followed by Haryana (52.31) and UP (31.37) was the leading
states in procurement of wheat in central pool during 2008-09.
Irrigation potential created and utilized during
2002-07 (tenthplan) was 1102.8 and 87.2 million ha, respectively.
National Food Security Mission (NFSM) was
started during 2007-08 to increase the production of rice, wheat and pulses by
10, 8, and 2 million tones, respectively by the end of 11th five
year plan with an allocation of Rs. 4882, 5 crores.
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) was stated
in August 2007 as 100 per cent grant by central government to the states with
an outlay of Rs. 25,000 crores.
National policy for farmers , 2007 has approved
as a holistic approach for the development of the farm sector
India is the 4th largest producer
of natural rubber with a share of
8.2 % in world production in …………..2010
National Horticulture Mission (NHM) was launched
for holistic development of horticulture
sector during ……………..2005-06
The 18th Livestock Census Scheme was
started during 2005 – 06 pilot bases in 100 selected districts.
Livestock Insurance Scheme was started during
2005- 06 on pilot basis in 100 selected districts.
Commercial cultivation of Bt-cotton was started
in India during 2002
World’s first cotton hybrid H 4 was development
by C.T. Patel at Surat (Gujarat) in 1970.
Central Institute of Horticulture (CIH) was
established at Medziphema (Nagaland) under supervision of Horticultural
Commissioner, DAC, Ministry of Agriculture, and GOI during 2006.
During 2011-12, livestock sector produced 127.9
million tones of milk; 66.5 billion eggs; 44, 73 million kg of wool, 4, 83
million tones of meat and 8,7million
tones of fish.
Livestock and fisheries sector contributes 26.84
% to the GDP from agriculture and allied activities.
Livestock & fisheries sector contributed
over 4.07 % to Total Indian GDP in 2008-09
India is the second largest producer of fruits
and vegetables in the world (first –China)
India
possesses the largest livestock population in the world
after…………..Brazil
India rank first in respect of Buffalo and
second in respect of cattle and goat
population ,third in respect of sheep, 4th in ducks ,5th in chickens and 7th Camels in the world .
The annual per capita availability of eggs in
India I n2011-12 was………….55
Which GM crop occupies largest area in world
…………….Soybean
Which
amino acid accumulates under water stress condition in
plant……
…………..proline
In sorghum, HCN synthesizers in roots &
under stress condition it accumulates in Leaves
The first alkaloid to be isolated and
crystallized was the durg morphine ,isolated
in 1805 from opium poppy (Papaver Somniferum)
The first herbicide in world was 2,4-D developed
in 1945 by Zimmerman and Hitchkock (USA)
Father of field plot technique is ………………J.B.
Boussingault
Pusa Nanha is a mutant variety of
………………..Papaya
Budha garden situated in New Delhi is a type of
style of gardening …………………Japanese style
Biggest cultivated fruit in world ………………..Jack
fruit
Oleoresin
is extracted from ………………………Chilies
Bacillus thuringiensis was discovered by
……………………S. Ishiwata
Transgenic crop having largest area in world is
…………….Soybean
Which element is deficient in Milk ………………Iron
Pashmina wool is obtained from
Kashmiri………………Goat
Dolly clone (sheep) is created by
………………..Wilmont
Hormone responsible for milk let down
…………………….Oxytocin
The important green house gas releases from paddy
field & wasteland …………………..Methane
National Biodiversity Authority is located at
………………….Chennai
Asia’s
largest Tulip Garden (2008) is situated in ………Srinagar
Most dominant enzyme on the earth (quantity wise
) is Rubisco
Golden rice is a source of vitamin ‘A’ have beta
–carotene about …………….37 ppm
Durum wheat contain about 6 ppm yellow pigment
as compared to aestivum (2.5PPM)
The first time avian influenza (Bird flu) in Poultry started in Hong Kong in 1997
The swine flue (Human disease) is caused by
…………….AH1N1 virus
The first
outbreak of avian influenza (H5N1
virus ) was reported in February , 2006
in …………………Maharashtra
Genome of Rice, Arabidopsis, maize, sorghum and
pigeon pea (by Indian Scientists in 2011) plants have been completely
sequenced.
Pain killer for cattle banned by Drug controller
General of India Dicofenac.
GEAC stands for Generic Engineering Appraisal
Committee is the authority in India which
recommends to grow Bt- crops belongs to ministry of environment and
forest
In India first public sector transgenic BT
cotton variety is Bikaneri Nerma (BN BT).
India developed World’s first cloned buffalo in
Feb 2009 and also birth of Mithun calf ……………..through AI
Scientists developed World’s first cloned camel
using DNA harvested from an adult camel at ……………….Emirate of Dubai.
Tamil Nadu is having first position in the
production of fruits (9.965 mt) in the country followed by Maharashtra (9.513
mt) during 2010-11.
Maharashtra ranked first in acreage of fruits
(1.537 mha) in the country followed by Andhra Pradesh (0.646 mha) during
2010-11.
Tamil Nadu was having highest productivity of
fruits (31 t/ ha) in the country followed by MP (25.5t /ha) during 2010-11.
Area of GM crops
in the world was about 170 m ha
(in 2012)
Current farm power availability in India is
about 1.7 kw/ha
In addition to CAU, Imphal one more Central
Agriculture University is going to be established at Jhansi (UP).
India’s first ovum pick – up IVF cattle calf
named as Holi.
First mithum calf, Mohan born through embryo
transfer technology (ETT) from a cry preserved embryo.
World wheat production during 2012-2013 was :
659.2 million tones
World rice production during 2012-13 was: 489.1
million tones.
Absolute number of operational holdings in India.
121 million
Degraded land due to soil erosion in India is
……………..120.72 mha
Area under soil salinity and water logging
……………………..8.4 mha
Demand for food grains in India during 2030 will
be …………345 mt
Status of India Horticulture at global level.
Globally, second largest producer of fruits and
vegetables.
Largest producer of Mango, banana, coconut,
cashew, papaya, pomegranate.
Largest producer and exporter of spices in the
world
Ranks
first in productivity of banana, grapes, cassava, peas, papaya.
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