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Horticulture is the science and art of producing, improving, marketing, and using fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. The importance of horticulture in improving the productivity of land, generating employment, improving economic conditions of the farmers and entrepreneurs, enhancing exports and, above all, providing nutritional security to the people, is widely acknowledged. Development of Horticulture … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Horticulture
AQUA CULTURE the cultivation of aquatic organisms. aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, implies the cultivation of aquatic populations under controlled conditions. Mariculture refers to aquaculture practiced in marine environments. Particular kinds of aquaculture include agriculture (the production of kelp, seaweed, and other algae), fish farming, shrimp farming, shellfish farming, and growing of cultured pearls. Aquaculture … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Fishing
What is Animal Husbandry Animal Husbandry is a branch of agriculture, which comprises of controlled cultivation, management, up keeping and production of domestic animals (like cattles, horses, sheeps etc.) which includes improvement in the qualities considered desirable by humans by means of breeding, genetics, behavior and qualities. Animals are domesticated, bred, maintained and raised for … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Animal Husbandry
The Ganga plain which dominates the landscape and nearly covers three fourth of the geographical area of the State, lies between the rocky Himalayan belt in the north and the southern hilly tract comprised of mainly Pre-Cambrian rocks. Flexing of the Indian lithosphere in response to the compressive forces due to collision, and thrust fold … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Relief and Structure
Six well defined and distinct soil groups differing from one another in their geological formation and pedogenic characters have been recognized. These are Bhabar soils, Tarai soils, Vindhyan soils, Bundelkhand soils, Aravali soils and Alluvial soils. Each of these soil groups have developed under the combined influence of a wide range of soil forming factors … Read more Uttar Pradesh : Soils
Habitual natural disasters in the State over the years have been causing severe damage and adversely affecting human, plant and animal life, property and environment. Natural disasters that are of significance in Uttar Pradesh are Floods, Droughts, Fires and Earthquakes. Loss of life and property from these disasters, especially the former three, are in terms … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Natural hazards and other related Aspects
By legal status, Reserved Forest constitutes 65.9%, Protected Forest 14.4% and Unclassed Forest 19.7% . There are three forest types, namely Tropical Moist Deciduous, Tropical Dry Deciduous and Tropical Thorn. Sal is an important forest formation of the State. Forests are distributed largely in the northern and partly in the southern parts of the State. … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Vegetation
The Scheduled Tribe (ST) population of Uttar Pradesh is 11,34,273 at 2011 census, constituting a meagre 0.57 per cent of the total population (199,812,341) of the State. The Scheduled Tribe (ST) population of Uttar Pradesh is mere 0.6% of total tribal population of India. The State has a total of five (5) Scheduled Tribes and all … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Schedule Tribes and Scheduled Castes
Uttar Pradesh is a largest food grain producing State in India producing about 20% of the country’s total food grain production. In 2016-17 contribution of Uttar Pradesh was about 40 million tonnes in the national food grain production of 271.98 million tones. However, the state is also characterized by extreme dependence on agriculture. About 80% … Read more Uttar Pradesh :Agriculture
UTTAR PRADESH UP Secretariat may go paperless from October 2 UP government’s Secretariat might go paperless from October 2. It will be state’s first e-office. Chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi is likely to launch the e-office on Gandhi Jayanti with the aim to remove red-tapism and bring transparency in official work. Not just Secretariat, all development related official … Read more 07.09.17 Uttar Pradesh (UPPCS) Current Affairs.