AGRICULTURE

Agriculture has been the mainstay of the Indian civilization for well over 5000 years.

There are at least 4 lakh varieties of Rice mentioned in the Veda.It is interesting to note that today we have only 2 lakh varieties of listed rice with us.

Agriculture as a science has been developed and practiced. The yield per hectare mentioned in the medieval period is yet to be reached by us today with all our modern farming techniques. This capsule looks at these details.