AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING
This dedicated section offers aspirants a focused, exam-ready account of the Agriculture and Food Processing domain under the UPSC syllabus. Covering everything from cropping patterns, farm inputs and allied sectors, to value-addition through food processing, policy frameworks, and India’s supply-chain challenges, the notes aim to bridge theory with current-affairs relevance. Whether you are preparing for GS-III or seeking to enrich your mains answers, the content is structured for clarity, retention and smart revision.
- Major crops-cropping patterns in various parts of the country,
- Different types of irrigation and irrigation systems storage,
- Transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints;
- e-technology in the aid of farmers
- Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices;
- Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping;
- Issues of buffer stocks and food security;
- Technology missions;
- Economics of animal-rearing.
- Food processing and related industries in India- scope’ and significance, location, upstream and downstream requirements, supply chain management.
- Land reforms in India.
