Nowadays South India becomes the hot choice for agriculture. There are many factors for south India to be a good choice of agriculture and related investments. In south India, Andhra Pradesh is one of the largest crop-producing state,
In this article, I will discuss the major factors that drive agricultural investment to south India.
These are the key reasons that attract the farmers and investors to south India especially Andhra Pradesh:
Free Electricity:
Andhra Pradesh government gives subsidized electricity in the state for the agricultural usages. This is one of the key reasons that make south India’s favorite investment in agricultural activities. This subsidy is given to farmers to encourage them for farming and produce good and healthy crops for the society.
Nominal Land Prices:
Prices of agricultural lands are so much affordable in South India so that with the help of less investment one can start agriculture business there. Prices of lands are ranging from Rs 5,00,000 – Rs 10,00,000 per acre depending upon a land’s location and soil type.
Suitable Weather:
You cannot find any extremity of weather in south India, unlike north India. This is the key reason for investment in the southern part of India. A study says that India is the land of versatility in the climate and in the soil type too. In south India temperature ranges between 20 to 35 degree celsius throughout, that is perfect for crops and automatically increases the efficiency of the workers.
In South India, there are very few or no chances of any type of calamities like floods, drought and earthquakes. These are the satisfying and convincing reasons for southern part of India to become heaven for farming.
Modern Irrigation:
Conservation of water is more into the practice of south Indians as a comparison to north Indians because of the good literacy rates. This develops modern methods of irrigation in farming. The widely used methods of irrigation are surface, sprinkling, sub-irrigation, intrasoil, and mist irrigation.
Soil wetting and salt leaching are the principal purposes of surface irrigation. In sprinkler irrigation, both soil and air are wetted, besides frost prevention and application of fertilizers and herbicides.
Easy Availability of Skilled Manpower:
Manpower has always been a challenge for the farmers in agriculture, but if you are doing farming in Andhra Pradesh you get good and cheap but skilled manpower. This is because of the literacy rate is more than 76% in the state. It is very easy to guide and teach the required task to the workers. This enhances the productivity of the crops and eventually the more monetary benefits.
Fertile Soil:
South India is known to be the best soil in India. Majorly available soil in that area is black and red soil and these soils contain high percentage of fertility. One of the major benefits in the soil of these are is that the soil of these areas are still untouched so that is free from pesticides and insectisides unlike of the northern region.
Good Govt. Subsidies:
The government of these areas is giving subsidies on the various agricultural rated important activities like irrigation, infrastructural setup, and electricity which help the individuals to achieve the target with less investment.
Conclusion:
As a newbie in the agriculture sector, South India is best to start a long term business and as an investor too. With the help of the above-mentioned factors, one can easily establish a good venture and start making profit from that.
As per the data and experience start your investment in the field of agriculture and make fortune.
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