Features of Indian agriculture

Following are the basic features of Indian agriculture:

1. ​​​Indian agriculture mainly depends on the arrival of monsoon. Though large areas in India, after independence, have been brought under irrigation, only one-third of the cropped area is actually irrigated in true sense.
2. Tropical and temperate crops can be successfully grown in India.
3. Indian farmers use fertilizers. Use of these fertilizers and pesticides has increased and large areas have been brought under high yielding variety of seeds.
4. Indian farmers, in certain parts still practice subsistence agriculture. Farmers own small pieces of land and grow crops primarily for their own purpose
5. Indian agriculture has to feed a large population, production of food crops is the first priority of the farmers .
6. Agriculture has provides employment to a large section of work force.
7. Animal force has always played a significant role in agricultural operations such as ploughing, irrigation, threshing and transporting the agricultural products.
8. India has three major crop seasons - Kharif, Rabi and Zaid