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QUESTION 14
GS3
15 marks

What are the present challenges before crop diversification? How do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?

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What the examiner wants

Explain: answer the exact PYQ as framed — “What are the present challenges before crop diversification? How do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?” Treat each scoring limb separately instead of writing a general note on Technology & Crop Diversification.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1What are the present challenges before crop diversification?≈95 words
  2. 2How do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?≈95 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Define/contextMechanism or present statusAnswer each agriculture/economy limb with India-specific evidenceConstraints/trade-offsTargeted way forward

Where marks usually go

  • Writing generally about Technology & Crop Diversification without directly resolving: “What are the present challenges before crop diversification?”
  • Under-developing the second scoring limb: “How do emerging technologies provide an opportunity for crop diversification?”

Value addition

  • 3–4 node flowchart or dimension wheel keyed to the question’s main components
    → Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.

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