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Examine the ongoing process of agricultural diversification and its implications for food security in India.

  • UPSC 2018
  • Agriculture

S. S. Bhatia, in his 1965 study of crop concentration and diversification in India, argued that diversification is read from the share of cropped area carried by the leading crops: his index divides the percentage of sown area under the N leading crops by N, so a high value signals specialisation and a falling value…

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  • How the Process Is Measured
  • The Two Diversifications Actually Occurring
  • Testing the Claim That It Serves Food Security
  • Testing the Claim That It Endangers It

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