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MIND MAP- 4- CHAPTER-4 – AGRICULTURE





                                        efforts made to increase
                                        and improve farm
                                        production in order to                      Leads to food

                                        meet the growing                              security.
                                        demand of increasing
                                        population

                                                                                              COFFEE


            AGRICULTURAL

            DEVELOPMENT





                                               COMPARISION BETWEEN







                       FARMER IN INDIA                                          FARMER IN USA

            i)  farmers in India is usually a small or
                                                                                   i)  A farmer in USA owns 250 hectares of
            marginal farmer owns 1.5 hectare land in
                                                                                          land.
            average
                                                                    ii)  The farmer is an expert rather acts as
            ii)  The farmer is not much educated. He
                                                                    an agro-scientist.
            takes advice from others.                               iii)  follows modern methods of farming.

            iii) Follows traditional method of farming
                                                                    iv)  in USA farmers store grains in
            iv) Indian farmers lack storage facilities
                                                                    automated grain storages.
            v)  Indian farmers work like peasant farmers
                                                                    v)  Farmers of USA work like businessmen.
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