| When was the article 'Adoption of modified agronomic approaches for sustaining crop productivity' published? | December 2025 | Indian Farming 75 (12): 77-80; December 2025 | 31 | factual | 1.0 | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/download/173389/63522/499903 | Indian Farming 75 (12): 77-80; December 2025 | 1 | [{"evidence_id":"B000001","location":{"page":1,"block":1,"bbox":[45.7,44.99,242.22,58.43],"column":0,"reading_order":1}},{"evidence_id":"B000002","location":{"page":1,"block":2,"bbox":[102.76,115.21,500.05,155.98],"column":1,"reading_order":2}},{"evidence_id":"B000003","location":{"page":1,"block":3,"bbox":[158.39,154.34,436.88,175.34],"column":1,"reading_order":3}},{"evidence_id":"B000004","location":{"page":1,"block":4,"bbox":[255.03,188.97,340.25,203.37],"column":1,"reading_order":4}},{"evidence_id":"B000005","location":{"page":1,"block":5,"bbox":[127.72,208.5,479.54,221.73],"column":1,"reading_order":5}},{"evidence_id":"B000006","location":{"page":1,"block":6,"bbox":[79.37,244.5,518.68,394.25],"column":null,"reading_order":6}},{"evidence_id":"B000007","location":{"page":1,"block":7,"bbox":[66.84,416.67,528.42,430.16],"column":null,"reading_order":7}},{"evidence_id":"B000008","location":{"page":1,"block":8,"bbox":[44.68,439.54,53.85,476.09],"column":0,"reading_order":8}},{"evidence_id":"B000009","location":{"page":1,"block":9,"bbox":[45.36,445.64,294.17,615.06],"column":0,"reading_order":9}},{"evidence_id":"B000010","location":{"page":1,"block":10,"bbox":[45.36,613.64,294.16,771.06],"column":0,"reading_order":10}},{"evidence_id":"B000011","location":{"page":1,"block":11,"bbox":[303.64,445.64,552.45,483.06],"column":2,"reading_order":11}},{"evidence_id":"B000012","location":{"page":1,"block":12,"bbox":[303.64,481.64,552.44,711.06],"column":2,"reading_order":12}},{"evidence_id":"B000013","location":{"page":1,"block":13,"bbox":[303.64,722.98,509.52,734.38],"column":2,"reading_order":13}},{"evidence_id":"B000014","location":{"page":1,"block":14,"bbox":[303.64,733.63,552.43,771.05],"column":2,"reading_order":14}},{"evidence_id":"B000015","location":{"page":1,"block":15,"bbox":[45.57,779.53,549.71,803.83],"column":null,"reading_order":15}}] | 1.0 | valid |
| What is agronomy described as in the article? | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population. | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population.
Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | 0 | factual | 1.0 | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/download/173389/63522/499903 |
| What is agronomy described as in the document? | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population. | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population.
Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | 0 | factual | 1.0 | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/download/173389/63522/499903 |
| What do agronomists focus on to boost yields and enhance food quality? | Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population.
Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | 192 | factual | 1.0 |
| What contributed to more than half of the foodgrain production increase in India during the Green Revolution? | An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population.
Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | 419 | factual | 1.0 |
| Why did productivity levels in India start stagnating or declining during the 1990s? | However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population.
Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | 631 | factual | 1.0 | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/download/173389/63522/499903 |
| What is urgently needed to sustain crop productivity? | There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population.
Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | 828 | factual | 1.0 | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/download/173389/63522/499903 |
| What contributed to more than half of the total increase in foodgrain production in India during the Green Revolution period? | An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. | Agronomy feeds the world as it is the applied science for management of natural resources to
improve the production of crops for ensuring a sustained supply for the growing global population.
Agronomists focus on efficient crop and soil management, nutrient, weed and water management
as well as climate to develop suitable practices to boost yields and enhance food quality while
protecting the natural resource base. An analysis shows that more than half of the total increase in
foodgrain production in India during the Green revolution period (mid-1960s to mid-1970s) was
attributed to efficient nutrient and water management. However, the productivity levels started
stagnating or even declining during the 1990s owing to resource degradation and several other
challenges including the climate change in the present times. There is now an urgent need to revise
our strategies and adopt modified agronomic approaches for more efficient management of crop, soil,
nutrient, weed, water and energy for sustaining crop productivity. | 419 | factual |
| What replaced manual or animal-drawn power for tilling the land and other farm operations? | Firstly, the new generation farm machinery
was developed and made available at affordable cost,
which replaced the dependence on manual or animal-
drawn power for tilling the land and various other farm
operations. | another revolution as it changed the way the crop
production was carried out in many regions of the
world. Firstly, the new generation farm machinery
was developed and made available at affordable cost,
which replaced the dependence on manual or animal-
drawn power for tilling the land and various other farm
operations. Secondly, innovations in chemical-based
herbicides led to efficient weed control at nominal cost,
and virtually replaced the arduous task of manual
weeding in most crops. Further, other triggering
factors for shift towards new innovative approaches
are labour scarcity, deteriorating soil health, declining
factor productivity, rising cost and low income. Thus,
the modified agronomic approaches are needed
in overcoming the problems being experienced in
conventional farming systems. | 107 | factual | 1.0 | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/download/173389/63522/499903 | Firstly, the new generation farm machinery
was developed and made available at affordable cost,
which replaced the dependence on manual or animal-
drawn power for tilling the land and various other farm
operations. |
| What led to efficient weed control at nominal cost? | Secondly, innovations in chemical-based
herbicides led to efficient weed control at nominal cost,
and virtually replaced the arduous task of manual
weeding in most crops. | another revolution as it changed the way the crop
production was carried out in many regions of the
world. Firstly, the new generation farm machinery
was developed and made available at affordable cost,
which replaced the dependence on manual or animal-
drawn power for tilling the land and various other farm
operations. Secondly, innovations in chemical-based
herbicides led to efficient weed control at nominal cost,
and virtually replaced the arduous task of manual
weeding in most crops. Further, other triggering
factors for shift towards new innovative approaches
are labour scarcity, deteriorating soil health, declining
factor productivity, rising cost and low income. Thus,
the modified agronomic approaches are needed
in overcoming the problems being experienced in
conventional farming systems. | 322 | factual | 1.0 | https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/download/173389/63522/499903 | Secondly, innovations in chemical-based
herbicides led to efficient weed control at nominal cost,
and virtually replaced the arduous task of manual
weeding in most crops. |