Following points show decrease in demand for jute owing to the Government of India:
i) The jute mills often failing to supply bags to sugar mills on time, as a result, jute mills in India are not getting orders from sugar mills and the demand for jute has dropped.
ii) The government has increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for jute
iii) Jute prices are also sensitive to climate fluctuations in Bangladesh and the North-West of India (West Bengal), which are the areas that produce two-third of the total global jute production and have similar climates and weather conditions.
iv) Despite expansion of jute growing area and intensification of its cultivation, India is not self-sufficient in the supply of raw material.

(i) The Indian government is going ahead with reduction in the public investment in the agriculture sector, particularly in irrigation, power, rural, roads, market and mechanization.
(ii) Subsidy on fertilizers is decreased leading to increase in the cost of production.
(iii) Reduction in import duties on agricultural products have proved detrimental to agriculture in the country.
(iv) Farmers are withdrawing their investment from agriculture, causing a downfall in rate of employment in agriculture.

The climatic conditions required for wheat cultivation are :
(i) It grows well in the areas where moderate type of precipitation occurs.
(ii) In the growing season, the climate should be cool and moist and warm and it should be dry at the time of ripening.
The types of soil in which wheat can grow best are:
(i) It is grown in well-drained alluvial soil.
(ii) Wheat grows well in fertile loamy soil.
(iii) Medium and heavy textured with lime content soil is good for the growth of wheat.
Distribution of Wheat: It is mainly grown in Australia, Argentina, China, India, Russia, Ukraine, and USA.
In India wheat is grown in winter season, in northwestern, north and central areas. Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Bihar are the main producers of wheat.

The main features of Indian agriculture are:
(i) Agriculture provides employment to nearly two-thirds of India's workforce.
(ii) Agriculture in India is mostly intensive subsistence type.
(iii) India has two main agricultural seasons:
kharif and rabi.
(iv) Irrigation is essential because of uneven rainfall.

Subsistence farming:
(i) In Subsistence farming, farmer produces crop to meet the needs of the farmer's family.  
(ii) Low level of technology and household labour is used to produce small output.
 Intensive farming:
(i) In intensive farming, farmer produces crop for the purpose of selling it in the market.
(ii) Scientific technique of farming is used along with less labour.

The major food crops of the world are Wheat, Rice, Maize, and Millets.
The climatic conditions required for their growth are:
(i) Rice grows best in alluvial clayey soil, which can retain water. It also needs high temperature, high humidity, and rainfall.
(ii) Wheat grows best in well-drained loamy soil. It requires moderate temperature and rainfall during growing season and bright sunshine at the time of harvest.
(iii) Maize requires well-drained fertile soils. It also requires moderate temperature, rainfall and lot of sunshine.
(iv) Jowar, Bajra, and Ragi are called millets. They are also known as coarse grains. They can grow on less fertile and sandy soils. They need low rainfall and high to moderate temperature.

(i) American farmers are very much advanced in their agricultural activities.
(ii) They are very commercial in their farm activities.
(iii) They plan a scientific fertilizer programme.
(iv) They link their computers with the satellite which gives the precise picture of their field and the climatic conditions.
(v) This also helps them to use chemical fertilisers and pesticides whenever required.
(vi) They use tractors, seed drills, levellers, combined harvesters and threshers to perform various agricultural operations.
(vii) They send the samples of soil to soil testing laboratories to check the nutrients' percentage.
(viii) Grains are stored in automatic grain storage system and dispatched to market agencies.

(i) An Indian farmers generally lead a poor life.
(ii) Most of the farmers grow at least two crops in a year.
(iii) They still use traditional methods of farming. Some rich farmers plough their fields with the help of tractor.
(iv) Generally, all the family members of Indian farmers help him in various farm activities.
(v) They use pump sets to irrigate their field. The entire field is divided into small plots to grow different crops at a time.
(vi) Many Indian farmers take loan from banks or Agricultural Co-operative societies to buy HYV seeds and implements.
(vii) Many farmers sell their produce in the nearby mandis (Wholesale Markets).
(viii) Some of the farmers sell their produce to the middlemen or to the cooperative societies.

The two fibre crops are Jute and Cotton. The climatic conditions required for their growth are:
(i) Jute
(a) It grows well in alluvial and loamy soil.
(b) It requires moderate temperature around 22°C to 27°C.
(c) It requires heavy rainfall of around 150 cm a year.
(d) It requires humid climate.
(ii) Cotton
(a) It grows best on black and alluvial soil.
(b) It requires high temperature, i.e. around 22°C to40°C
(c) It requires average rainfall of around 60 to 100 cm a year.
(d) It requires 210 frost free nights.

(i) Primitive subsistence agriculture is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools such as hoe, doe and digging sticks with the help of family/community.
(ii) This type of farming depends upon the monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions for the crops to be grown.
(iii) Under this type of farming, farmers produce crops for self-consumption.
(iv) Per hectare output of land is very low