agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 4 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Answer: (c)

In the on-going multilateral trade negotiations at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), it has been decided by all 149 participating countries to use the Swiss formula for reducing import tariffs on industrial goods.

Answer: (d)

Monoculture is the agricultural practise of producing or growing a single crop or plant species over a wide area and for a large number of consecutive years.

It is widely used in modern industrial agriculture and its implementation has allowed for large harvests from minimal resources.

Monocultures can lead to the quicker spread of pests and diseases, where a uniform crop is susceptible to a pathogen. ‘Crop monoculture’ is the practice of growing the same crop year after year.

Answer: (a)

A study conducted in 2014 found that there are three specific characteristics associated with high-risk farmers:

1. “those that grow cash crops such as coffee and cotton;
2. those with ‘marginal’ farms of less than one hectare; and
3. those with debts of 300 Rupees or more.”

The study also found that the Indian states in which these three characteristics are most common had the highest suicide rates and also accounted for “almost 75% of the variability in state-level suicides.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (a)

In Order to help the farmers in getting remunerative prices for their produce with a view to encouraging higher investment and also to increase production and productivity of a commodity, the government declares Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for 25 notified agricultural commodities for each Kharif & Rabi crop season.

National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) is one of the Central Nodal Agencies which implements PSS.