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LEDC Rural(India)
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National 5 Geography LEDC Rural (India) - Notes
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LEDC Rural(India)
Rural change in India
2. Biofuels
Plants grown to create ethanol
Pro. cheap to produce
Con. expensive to produce
3. GM (Genetically Modified) Crops
HYV seeds
businesses have been made
full of nutrients
4. Diversification
Not happened in India
5. Farmers Debt
Rich farmers buying equipment eg. machines, fertilisers
They are used to the idea of debt and borrowing money
It is a risky gamble for poor farmers
6. Co-ops
group of farmers working together
using each others resources
provides farmers with:
Agriculture advice
Access to machines
Easy access to loans
1. New Technology
Green revolution
Mechinisation
Greenhouse
Biogas Plants
lighting, cooking, heating
Intensive Subsistence Farming
Subsistence Farmers
Growing food for their own consumpsion
Labour Intensive
Requires a lot of people
All done by hand as there is little ££ to buy machinery
Done 3 times a year as there is no frost or winter
Animals used eg. Water Buffalo
manure used as natural fertiliser
Farms are intensive, small and mostly grow rice
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