Primary activities are those activities which are associated with the extraction and production of natural resources.
Tertiary activities are those activities which provide support to primary and secondary activities through services.

In India, agriculture is a primary activity because two-third of India's population still depends on agriculture. We all know that agriculture includes growing of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers and rearing livestock.

It is a type of commercial farming where a single crop (like tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana or cotton) is grown. It is a capital and labour intensive farming. The produce may be processed on the farm itself or in nearby factories which highly demands the development of a good transport network.

This cultivation is the form of agriculture in which a plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and by burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops are grown.
After the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned and the cultivator moves to a new plot. This is also known as slash and burn agriculture.
The disadvantages are as follows:
i.Large extent of deforestation.
ii.It leads to soil erosion and soil loss.
iii.Only practised on small patches of land.

The science and art of cultivation on the soil, raising crops and rearing livestock is called agriculture.

Soil preparation involves loosening of the soil or turning it. This process enables the roots to penetrate easily. It aerates the roots by providing the air trapped in between the particles of soil. It also provides favourable conditions for the growth of worms and microorganisms which increase the fertility of the soil.
Some tools used in agricultural practices are given below.
1. Ploughs are used for tilling the soil, adding manure and fertilisers and for scrapping the soil.
2. Leveller is used to level the soil in order to prevent it from soil erosion. A plank is used to break the crumbs into fine soil.
3. Hoe was used for tilling in olden days, but these days, we use it only to remove weeds. Cultivator pulled by a tractor is also used to break the soil.

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.