Agriculture Current Affairs Updates For UPSC IAS Mains 2024 Examination
On this page you will find articles that falls under subject Agriculture for UPSC IAS Mains 2024 examination
- India’s Fisheries and Aquaculture: Its Promising Course
- India’s agricultural exports grow despite global challenges
- Healthy soil underpins India’s food security and human health
- India must revive forgotten crops for sustainable future
- Decisions on mustard oil shape India’s public health future
- Agriculture can drive India’s growth as developed nation 2047
- Making Indian agriculture ready for global trade
- Building Food Literacy for a Healthier Future
- India must protect its disappearing traditional seeds
- UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #50: Dr. Dinesh Dasa Board, Agriculture Optional, Karnataka Home State, Sports Hobby
- UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #47: Bidyut Behari Swain Board, Agriculture Optional, Badminton Hobby
- [UPSC Interview 2024] – Transcript #43: Lt. Gen Raj Shukla Board, agriculture Optional, Tamil Nadu Home State, watching wildlife Hobby
- Modernizing Indian Agriculture for Sustainable Growth 2047
- How Cooperatives Help Farmers
- Making Indian agriculture sustainable and competitive
- India’s National Mission on Natural Farming
- Reasons behind the frustration of India’s farmers and scientists
- Report by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNi)
- Sustainability challenges in India’s agricultural exports
- Reforming India’s Public Distribution System (PDS)
- CSR and Agriculture
- Reasons for the shortage of di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) fertilizer
- India’s fertilizer situation amid global crises
- Arguments for and against reducing food subsidies
- Reasons and impacts of delayed paddy procurement in Punjab
How to Read Agriculture for UPSC IAS
Agriculture for UPSC IAS is a diverse topic. It is part of the UPSC Mains General Studies Paper-III. Some questions related to Agriculture Technology, Schemes on Agriculture and Farmers are also asked in UPSC Prelims General Studies- Paper-I. Agriculture subject is linked with other subjects like Economy, Environment and Technology. So, students must prepare this subject by understanding each and every aspect of Agriculture and also try to corelate it with other subjects. Agriculture Current Affairs
In this article, we will see the trend analysis of Agriculture for UPSC, overview of the Syllabus and preparation strategies for the same.
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Trend analysis of the Agriculture for UPSC:
| Subject | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| Agriculture- UPSC Mains General Studies Paper-III | 4 questions | 4 questions | 4 questions | 4 questions | 3 questions |
Overview of the Syllabus of Agriculture: UPSC Mains General Studies Paper-III
| Subject | Syllabus |
| Agriculture | · 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. |
Preparation Strategies for Agriculture for UPSC:
- Read the syllabus and highlight each point: You must read the syllabus of Agriculture twice or thrice. You can highlight each point and start your preparation accordingly.
- Read NCERT of Geography: You can start with NCERT books of Geography from Class VI to X. The topics like, cropping and its pattern in India, Land Reforms can be read from here. This will give you basic idea about it. For irrigation, you can read Environment notes of Shankar IAS.
- Make your own notes topic and subtopic wise: the best way to prepare Agriculture for UPSC is to prepare your own notes topics wise. You can take help of standard books, newspaper, current affairs magazines, internet etc. Preparing comprehensive notes will be great.
- Read newspaper: You must one newspaper on a daily basis. Newspaper’s articles cover Agriculture for UPSC topic in detail. Topics like Minimum Support Price, Food Processing, Food Security, e-Technology to aid farmers are given in newspaper with proper solutions and conclusion. This will give you a good lead to write good answers. You can take them down in your notes and keep revising it.
- Read Current affairs magazine: Topics which you miss by chance in newspaper or just to cover each issue in details, you should read current affairs magazine. It is easy to revise them again and again. By referring this, you can update your notes.
- Refer Yojana and Kurukshetra: These magazines sometimes cover farmers issues in details. Welfare schemes for farmers, e-technology, food security, changing cropping patters in India etc. Get covered in these magazines. Kurukshetra mostly cover issues related to Agriculture. You can read them once and take down important points in your notes.
- Update notes: By reading multiple current affairs sources and taking down important points from the, can make your notes more comprehensive. If you will keep updating you notes, at the end you just need to go through your notes and revise them multiple times rather than referring multiple sources.
- Refer past year question papers and write answer on them: You can write answers on past years’ questions. Initial one-two answers you can write by referring multiple sources, and later on, you must try to write them by your own.
- Write answers on practice questions: You should also practice daily answer writing for Mains. Writing answers on practice questions will help you.
- Revise: Revision is the key to success for every exam. And when it comes to UPSC, you don’t have other options except to revise. Revision will help you to prepare a blueprint in your mind of each topic you have prepared.
