Sage-Tips

What should farmers do to make agriculture more profitable?

Here all you need to do is buy fruits and vegetables from local farms or farmers and supply them to big cities or urban areas. Export of fruits and vegetables is a very profitable business with low investment. Cultivation of medicinal plants and herbs is yet another profitable agriculture business.

Can farms be profitable?

Growing year-round can also increase profits for small acreage. “There’s a lot less competition in the winter and a lot more demand,” Helm said. A small-scale farm may not produce as many bushels as a 100-acre grain farm, but with the right methods and markets, it can be profitable. “It’s really doable,” Helm said.

What should be done by the farmers to have a profitable farm harvest?

These are as follows: proper soil preparation, planting or sowing of crops, plant care management, harvest and post-harvest management.

What do farmers do to make money?

Some farmers will find other ways to make money like selling wheat straw for bedding or raising hay for feeding cattle, but harvests deliver the most substantial and important paychecks. Many farmers depend on a good harvest to have the income to pay for the next round of inputs and operating expenses.

What steps can be taken by the farmers to make agriculture successful and profitable Class 10?

Answer:

• Provision for crop insurance against drought, flood, cyclone, fire, disease etc.
• Establishment of Grameen banks, cooperative societies and bank for providing loan facilities to the farmers at a lower rate of interest.
• Subsidy on agricultural inputs and resources such as power and fertilisers.

What is the most profitable crop?

The highest yielding crops are sugar cane, sugar beet, and tomatoes. Sugar cane accounts for about 80\% of the world’s sugar production, while sugar beet the remaining 20\%. Not surprisingly, the most lucrative cash crops from a value per acre perspective are illegal in many parts of the world.

Why we need to improve our crops?

The reasons we need to increase crop production include: The world’s population keeps growing thus there is greater demand for food, livestock (which eat the crops that are produced), bio-fuels, fiber, food by-products and the myriad of other things that are manufactured from crops.

What do you need to consider in order to be successful in farming?

Soil management; to have fertile soil and a good crop yield, it is necessary to use adequate soil conservation techniques such as timely and proper tillage, crop rotation and regular monitoring of soil pH.

What steps should be taken to make Indian agriculture successful explain any three such steps?

1. Land reforms.
2. Tenancy reforms.
3. Regulation of higher rents.
4. Provision of credit to rural farmers.
5. Subsidies e.g Urea subsidy.
6. Food security act 2013.
7. Public distribution system.
8. Minimum support price and Procurement pricing system.