CROPPING PATTERN AND FARMING ACTIVITIES- A CASE STUDY OF KANAIR VILLAGE OF KANDAGHAT BLOCK, DISTRICT SOLAN, HIMACHAL PRADESH

Agriculture

Agriculture, horticulture and allied activities are the backbone of Indian economy. Farmers in Indian continent are continuously growing the variety of crops in their field. India is the second largest grower of staple food i.e. rice and wheat. Agriculture provides most of the food produces and fabrics. The growth of the agriculture sector is rapidly developing with the help of science and technology. About 11,500 years ago, people gradually learned how to grow cereal and root crops, and settled down to a life based on farming. By 2,000 years ago, much of the Earth’s population had become dependent on agriculture. Before agriculture became widespread, people spent most of their lives searching for food—hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants. Scholars are not sure why this shift to farming took place, but it may have occurred because of climate change. When people began growing crops, they also began herding and breeding wild animals. Adapting wild plants and animals for people to use is called domestication.

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