Ch 1 Flashcards
(34 cards)
Potential resource
Found in a region but not utilised
Stock
Lack of tech
Reserves
Use haven’t been started
Rio de janeiro year
1992
Agenda 21 by
UNCED
Advocated resource conservation for the 1st time
Club of rome 1968
Gandhian philosophy presented by
Schumacher
Small is beautiful
Contribution w respect to sustainable development
Brundtland commission report , 1987
Our common future
Land variety
Forest
Land unavailable for cultivation
Other uncultivated land
Follow land
Net sown area
Land not available for cultivation
-Barren and waste land
-Non agricultural uses like road
Other uncultivated land
Permanent pasture and grazing
-Under miscellaneous tree crops grooves
-Culturable waste land ( no cul for more than 5 yrs )
Follow land
Current fallow (<= yr)
Other than current fallow land (1-5yrs)
Gross cropped area
Net sown area + area sown more than once a yr
Mining reason for land d gradation
Jharkhand
Chattisgarh
Madhya p
Odisha
Overgrazing reason for land degradation
Guj
Raj
Madhya p
Maharashtra
Alluvial
Result of interplay of three rivers
Rice
Wheat
Cotton
Oilseeds
Pulses
Black soil
Cotton
Sugarcane
Tobacco
Millets
Oilseeds
Red soil
Formed by weathering of crystalline and metamorphic rocks
Red due to ferric oxide
Less fertile
Millets pulses rice tobacco groundnuts
Laterite soil
Formed by intense leaching
Acidic, coarse, less fertile
Tea coffee cashew
States of laterite soil
W ghats
Karnataka
Kerela
Tamil n
Odisha
Meghalaya
Place of red soil
Eastern nd southern Deccan plateau karnataka tamil n odisha
Arid soil
Formed in dry and semi arid regions due to deposition of sand
Low humus content
Can be made fertile
States of arid soil
Raj
Guj
Haryana
Punjab
Arid soil crops
Bajra
Pulses
Millets
Barley
