Question

Which has high potential in India?

• A. Mushroom production.
• B. Silviculture.
• C. Organic farming.
• D. Lac culture.

Hint:

Think about which option can scale across India's large rainfed, low-input farmland.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: About two thirds of India's net cultivated area is rainfed, and farmers in many hilly, tribal and North Eastern regions have traditionally used little or no chemical fertilizer and pesticide.

Step 2: This large base of naturally low-input land, combined with rising global and domestic demand for chemical-free produce, gives India a large untapped base for converting land to certified organic cultivation.

Step 3: Mushroom production, silviculture and lac culture are all useful niche enterprises, but organic farming is the one repeatedly flagged as having the widest untapped, high potential across Indian agriculture.