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Bullocks help framer Dairy farming

Sheep are reared in Jammu and Kashmir The rearing of animals for milk is called

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and Himachal Pradesh. Goats are called dairy farming Operation Flood was a
the “poor man’s cow”. They are reared in rural programme started in 1970. It made

Bihar, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. India the largest producer of milk and
Buffaloes and cows are reared in Punjab, milk products. It is also called the White

Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttar Revolution of India. Gujarat-based
Pradesh. We get milk and meat from Anand Milk Union Limited, also called

them. Many veterinary hospitals have Amul became a big dairy company
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been opened by the government to take during this time. Today, India is the
care of the health of animals. New breeds second-largest producer of milk in the

of cattle have also been introduced. world after the USA.

Words to Know
fer le: (used about land or soil) that plants grow well in

decades: a period of ten years

hor culture: rela ng to the study or ac vity of growing garden plants
diversity: having many different types of things or people

harvested: the me of year when crops are cut and collected from the fields

Wind-up

• Nearly 70 per cent of the population of India is involved in agriculture.
• Shifting agriculture, subsistence agriculture, plantation agriculture, and mixed
farming are the main types of agriculture.

• There are three types of crops that are grown in India: kharif crops, rabi crops,
and cash crops or plantation crops.
• Rice, wheat, millets and pulses are the main food crops of India. Sugarcane, tea,

coffee, cotton and jute are cash crops.
• The Green Revolution was launched in India in 1960.

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