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| question | answer | context | answer_start | question_type | knowledge_quality_score | source_quote | source_page | source_location | confidence | validation_status |
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| What does the term 'Current Fallows' refer to? | cropped area, which is kept fallow during the current year | They may be accessible or inaccessible and may lie in isolated blocks or within cultivated holdings. 7. Fallow Lands other than Current Fallows: This includes all land, which was taken up for cultivation but is temporarily out of cultivation for a period of not less than one year and not more than five years. 8. Current Fallows: This represents cropped area, which is kept fallow during the current year. 9. Net Area Sown: This represents the total area sown with crops and orchards. Area sown more than once in the same year is counted only once. 10. Reporting Area for Land Utilisation Statistics: The Reporting area stands for the area for which data on land use classification is available. In areas where land utilization figures are based on land records, reporting area is the area according to village papers, i.e. the papers prepared by the village accountants. | 347 | definition | 1.000 | Current Fallows: This represents cropped area, which is kept fallow during the current year. | 15 | page=15,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is represented by the term 'Total/Gross Cropped Area'? | the total area sown once and/or more than once in a particular year | 11. Total /Gross Cropped Area: This represents the total area sown once and/or more than once in a particular year, i.e. the area is counted as many times as there are sowings in a year. This total area is also known as total cropped area or total area sown. References: 1. Various Reports of Land Use Statistics at a Glance, DES Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India 2. 12th five Year Plan Document( 2012-17), Planning Commission, Government of Inida 3. Various Reports of Agriculture at a Glance, DES, Ministry of Agriculture. 4. Report on State of Indian Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture 5. Census report 2011, RGI. | 47 | definition | 1.000 | Total /Gross Cropped Area: This represents the total area sown once and/or more than once in a particular year, i.e. | 15 | page=15,block=9 | 0.700 | valid |
| Who is defined as an 'operational holder' in the Agriculture Census? | the person who actually operates the land | The Agriculture Census defines an “operational holder” as the person who actually operates the land. In case the land has been partitioned among various owners and is cultivated independently, they are recorded as separate holdings. In cases where the owner leases out land to another cultivator, the survey numbers are shown with the name of the tenant who is actually operating the land and has taken the land on lease. Exogenous factors including government programmes and schemes can influence the short and medium term utilization of land and also the crops grown. An operational holding is distinct from the ownership of holding. The Census collects data on operational holdings which reflects the de facto position on the ground as compared with ownership of holdings which reflects the de jure position. | 58 | definition | 1.000 | The Agriculture Census defines an “operational holder” as the person who actually operates the land. | 25 | page=25,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does the operational holding signify in terms of economics? | an economic unit, regardless of who actually owns the land | The operational holding, as defined in agriculture census is effectively an economic unit, regardless of who actually owns the land. An operational holder in this sense exercises managerial control on cultivation of land. analysis of operational holding provides a picture of the actual conduct of the economic activity on the ground and is relevant from a policy perspective. The Agriculture Census collects data through a combination of census and survey methods. For collecting data, States are divided into two categories: the land record States and non-land record States. The rationale for this categorization is a matter of historical legacy. In land record States there has been a practice of maintaining comprehensive land records covering land utilization and cropping pattern. | 73 | definition | 1.000 | The operational holding, as defined in agriculture census is effectively an economic unit, regardless of who actually owns the land. | 25 | page=25,block=7 | 0.700 | valid |
| What defines an individual holding in the Census? | where the holding is operated either by one person or by a group of persons who are members of the same household | The definitions are as follows:- i) Individual: where the holding is operated either by one person or by a group of persons who are members of the same household, the holding is shown as an individual holding. ii) Joint: If two or more persons who belong to different households but share jointly as partners the economic and technical responsibility for the operation of an agricultural holding, the holding is classified as a joint holding iii) Institutional: government farms, farms operated by sugarcane factories, cooperative society farm lands, farms managed by temple trusts which may be cultivated using hired labour are classified as institutional holdings. In case, the land is leased out to an individual it is then classified as an individual holding. Gender disaggregated data on the State wise number and area and size of holdings has been made available from 1995-96. | 48 | definition | 1.000 | The definitions are as follows:- i) Individual: where the holding is operated either by one person or by a group of persons who are members of the same household, the holding is shown as an individual holding. | 26 | |||
| What does land provide to people in villages, according to Selvadurai? | a sense of identity and rootedness | The National Commission for Farmers has emphasized that the feminisation of agriculture, due to male out-migration, needs specific attention with reference to gender- sensitive farm and credit policies. All research, development and extension programmes in agriculture, and all services must be engendered. (NCF 2006,pp 27). Subsequently, the National Policy on Farmers (2007) has stated that when women work in fields and forests the whole day they need support services like crèches, child care and nutrition. The various policy pronouncements indicate the Government has recognized some of the problems, Way Forward: Land provides a sense of identity and rootedness in the village. Often land has durability and permanence in people’s minds which no other asset has (Selvadurai quoted in Agarwal 2004 p 17). | 634 | definition | 1.000 | The various policy pronouncements indicate the Government has recognized some of the problems, Way Forward: Land provides a sense of identity and rootedness in the village. | 31 | page=31,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
| What is included under 'Area under Non-agricultural Uses'? | all land occupied by buildings, roads and railways or under water, e.g. rivers and canals, and other land put to uses other than agriculture | 12 Agricultural Situation in India Definitions of important terms used 1. Forest Area: This includes all land classified either as forest under any legal enactment, or administered as forest, whether State-owned or private, and whether wooded or maintained as potential forest land. The area of crops raised in the forest and grazing lands or areas open for grazing within the forests remain included under the “forest area”. 2. Area under Non-agricultural Uses: This includes all land occupied by buildings, roads and railways or under water, e.g. rivers and canals, and other land put to uses other than agriculture. 3. Barren and Un-culturable Land: This includes all land covered by mountains, deserts, etc. Land, which cannot be brought under cultivation except at an exorbitant cost is classified as unculturable whether such land is in isolated blocks or within cultivated holdings. 4. | 477 | definition | 1.000 | Area under Non-agricultural Uses: This includes all land occupied by buildings, roads and railways or under water, e.g. rivers and canals, and other land put to uses other than agriculture. | ||||
| What is classified under Land under Miscellaneous Tree Crops? | all cultivable land, which is not included in ‘Net area sown’ but is put to some agricultural use | Permanent Pasture and other Grazing Land: This includes all grazing land whether it is permanent pasture/meadows or not. Village common grazing land is included under this category. 5. Land under Miscellaneous Tree Crops, etc.: This includes all cultivable land, which is not included in ‘Net area sown’ but is put to some agricultural use. Land under casuring trees, thatching grasses, bamboo bushes and other groves for fuel, etc. which are not included under ‘Orchards’ are classified under this category. 6. Culturable Waste Land: This includes land available for cultivation, whether taken up or not taken up for cultivation once, but not cultivated during the last five years or more in succession including the current year for some reason or the other. Such land may be either fallow or covered with shrubs and jungles, which are not put to any use. | 242 | definition | 1.000 | Land under Miscellaneous Tree Crops, etc.: This includes all cultivable land, which is not included in ‘Net area sown’ but is put to some agricultural use. | 15 | page=15,block=0 | 0.700 | |
| What type of data does the Agriculture Census provide? | gender disaggregated data on the number and area of holdings | Data from the Agriculture Census: The Agriculture Census provides gender disaggregated data on the number and area of holdings from 1995-96. This valuable source *Adviser (Women and Child Development), Planning Commission, New Delhi | 66 | definition | 1.000 | Data from the Agriculture Census: The Agriculture Census provides gender disaggregated data on the number and area of holdings from 1995-96. | 24 | page=24,block=16 | 0.700 | valid |
| What does 'Net Area Sown' represent? | the total area sown with crops and orchards | They may be accessible or inaccessible and may lie in isolated blocks or within cultivated holdings. 7. Fallow Lands other than Current Fallows: This includes all land, which was taken up for cultivation but is temporarily out of cultivation for a period of not less than one year and not more than five years. 8. Current Fallows: This represents cropped area, which is kept fallow during the current year. 9. Net Area Sown: This represents the total area sown with crops and orchards. Area sown more than once in the same year is counted only once. 10. Reporting Area for Land Utilisation Statistics: The Reporting area stands for the area for which data on land use classification is available. In areas where land utilization figures are based on land records, reporting area is the area according to village papers, i.e. the papers prepared by the village accountants. | 441 | definition | 0.980 | Net Area Sown: This represents the total area sown with crops and orchards. | 15 | page=15,block=0 | 0.700 | valid |
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