Agriculture Technology Interview Questions and Answers
Question - 21 : - Have Solutions Been Found To The Ssm Issues That Became Contentious During The July Mini-ministerial Meeting?
Answer - 21 : -
Negotiations on these issues began first informally in September 2008 and then in the WTO's Agriculture Negotiating Group from October 2008. This continued till early December but solutions continued to elude the negotiators.
In the 6 December 2008 version of the draft modalities, the Chair has left the section on SSM untouched. However, he has given his suggestions for a possible solution to the above UR bound problem in a separate paper (TN/AG/W/7) also brought out on 6 December 2008.
Question - 22 : - Apart From Caps On The Overall Trade-distorting Support, Are Caps Proposed On The Support For Individual Products As Well?
Answer - 22 : -
Yes, this Round also seeks to place limits on subsidies at the level of products, in order to avoid shifting support between different products. For countries other than the US, the ceiling or maximum level would be the average support actually provided during the Uruguay Round implementation period (1995-2000). The calculation for the US would be based on total Amber Box support for specific products per year for that period but shared among products according to the average share over the years 1995-2004. Another special dispensation, implicitly for the US, is that they can begin with a cap that is 30% higher than the scheduled limits.
Question - 23 : - Will The De Minimis Levels Of Support Permissible Also Be Reduced In This Round? Will This Lead To India Having To Reduce Any Of Its Subsidies For Its Farmers?
Answer - 23 : -
De minimis support also has to be reduced in the Doha Round, with special treatment for developing countries. Developed countries are to cut by 50% from day one (i.e. cap at 2.5% of the value of production, from the current 5%). Developing countries with Amber Box commitments are required to cut de minimis by two-thirds of the developed country cuts (from the current 10% of the value of production, i.e., ending up with about 6.7% of the value of production). Developing countries, like India, with no AMS commitments will not be required to cut de minimis support.
Question - 24 : - What About Disciplines On The Non Trade Distorting Or Green Box Support Measures?
Answer - 24 : -
The Doha Round mandate envisaged a review of the criteria for defining support as “Green Box” support and to allow effective coverage of programmes of developing countries that cause no more than minimal trade-distortion. The draft modalities include proposals to tighten criteria for developed countries and possible revision of conditions for developing countries' food stockpiling purchases from low-income farmers or those with few resources, at prices that are higher than the market.
Question - 25 : - What Are Allied Activities?
Answer - 25 : -
Dairy farming, poultry, sheep rearing, acquaculture are a few examples.
Question - 26 : - What Types Of Crops Are Generally Grown In India?
Answer - 26 : -
Generally we can classify as short duration and long duration crops. Short duration means generally less than a year and the others will extend beyond twelve months.
Question - 27 : - What Is Green Revolution?
Answer - 27 : -
It referes to a series of research and development and application of technology and other initiatives for increased agricultural production.
Question - 28 : - In General What Are The Methods To Increase Agricultural Production? And Also The Conditions?
Answer - 28 : -
Rotation of crops, irrigation facilities, climatic conditions, soil texture and following latest methods in farming along with application of technology.
Question - 29 : - What Is Irrigation?
Answer - 29 : -
Irrigation is artificial application of-water to the land or soil for growing crops, maintenance of land scapes and revegetation of disturbed soils in dry areas during the times of scanty rainfall.
Question - 30 : - Ow Irrigation Facilities Are Classified In Our Country, In Terms Of Ayacut?
Answer - 30 : -
Minor, medium and major irrigation. In terms of ayacut it is upto 1000 acres, 1000 to 10,000 acres and above 10.000 acres respectively.