{"id":507,"date":"2023-06-12T13:04:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T07:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=507"},"modified":"2024-04-03T07:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:43:53","slug":"q-with-reference-to-the-circumstances-in-indian-agriculture-the-concept-of-conservation-agriculture-assume-significance-which-of-the-following-fall-under-the-conservation-agricult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-the-circumstances-in-indian-agriculture-the-concept-of-conservation-agriculture-assume-significance-which-of-the-following-fall-under-the-conservation-agricult","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to the circumstances in Indian agriculture, the concept of \u201cConservation Agriculture\u201d assume significance. Which of the following fall under the Conservation Agriculture?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Avoiding monoculture practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adopting minimum tillage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoiding the cultivation of plantation crops<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using crop residues to cover soil surface<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adopting spatial and temporal crop sequencing\/crop rotations<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1, 3 and 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 3, 4 and 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2, 4 and 5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1, 2, 3 and 5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (c) 2, 4 and 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>According to Food and Agricultural Organization&nbsp;of the&nbsp;United Nations, Conservation agriculture&nbsp;(CA) can be defined as \u201c<strong>a concept for resource-saving agricultural crop production that strives to achieve acceptable profits together with high and sustained production levels while concurrently conserving the environment\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conservation agriculture&nbsp;systems utilize soils for the production of crops with the aim of reducing excessive mixing of the soil and maintaining crop residues on the soil surface in order to&nbsp;<strong>minimize damage to the environment.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The&nbsp;3 principles of CA&nbsp;are:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>minimun tillage and soil disturbance<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>permanent soil cover with crop residues and live mulches<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>crop rotation and 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