What one of the following is the main reasons due to which share of forest has shown an increase in the last forty years?

• Extensive and efficient efforts of afforestation.

   

• Increase in community forest land.

   

• Increase in notified area allocated for forest growth.

   

• Better peoples participation in managing forest area.

Differentiate between barren and wasteland and culturable wasteland.

How would you distinguish between net sown area and gross cropped area?

Why is the strategy of increasing cropping intensity important in a country like India?

Describe the significance of agricultural land in rural areas.

State the difference between dryland  and wetland farming .

What are the different types of environmental problems of land resources in India?

What are the imporant strategies for agricultural development followed in the post-independence period in India?

How do you measure total cultivable land?

Why cropping intensity is desirable in India and how is calculated?

Mention with reasons principal rice producing states.