Strategies for Agricultural Expansion and Challenges

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How is horizontal expansion in agriculture achieved?

By reclamation of new land areas and development of new suitable varieties for marginal lands (correct)
By increasing crop yield of land unit area
By enhancing the availability of crop production inputs
By improving crop cultivars and using advanced technology

What is one of the limitations for increasing cultivated land?

Application of advanced technology
Availability of high-yielding varieties
Infrastructure problems (correct)
High capital requirements

How can vertical expansion be achieved in agriculture?

By focusing on improving infrastructure
By growing more than one cultivated species in the same land in one year (correct)
By enhancing the availability of crop production inputs
By cultivating only perennial species

What contributes to increasing crop yield from a unit area of cultivated land?

Using high-yielding and pest-resistant varieties (A) Signup and view all the answers

Why is it possible to increase crop area by growing more than one species in the same land in one year?

To increase the variety of cultivated crops produced (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is horizontal expansion in agriculture?

Horizontal expansion refers to increasing the cultivated area by reclaiming new land areas and developing new suitable varieties for marginal lands. Signup and view all the answers

How can horizontal expansion be achieved in agriculture?

Horizontal expansion can be achieved by reclaiming new land areas and developing new varieties suitable for marginal lands. Signup and view all the answers

What is vertical expansion in agriculture?

Vertical expansion involves increasing crop yield per unit area by improving cultivars, using high-yielding varieties, enhancing crop production inputs, and applying advanced agricultural technology. Signup and view all the answers

What contributes to increasing crop yield from a unit area of cultivated land?

Improving cultivars, using high-yielding and pest-resistant varieties, enhancing crop production inputs, and applying advanced technology contribute to increasing crop yield per unit area. Signup and view all the answers

Why is it possible to increase crop area by growing more than one species in the same land in one year?

Increasing crop area by growing multiple species in the same land in one year is possible due to the different growing seasons of perennial and annual species. Signup and view all the answers