Rice is one of the chief crops of Monsoon Asia

Hardworking Indian farmers sowing rice crops ahead of monsoon in Uttar Pradesh, India. Uttar Pradesh is the fourth largest state in country. State covers an area of about 246413 km2 and possess varied topographic features ranging from plain to Vindhyan hills. State is divided in two physiographic regions viz. Gangetic plains and southern plateau. From cultivation view point gangetic plains cover major portion of the state. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous with a population density of 776 km2. State has 16.49% of the country population (U.P. population 19.95 crores, 2011 census) with 225 lakhs farm families. Agriculture is the most important in the state because about 80% of its population resides in rural areas and 75% of the total workers are involved directly or indirectly in cultivation/farming which accounts for 27% of state’s GDP. Agriculture is the main source of income for families in the state. It has 11.56 million hectare of cultivated area, constituting 70% of the total geographical area. The irrigated area is over 13.43 million hectare. The small and marginal farmers jointly contribute 19.46% of farming household in eastern region against that of 19.11% of Uttar Pradesh. Source : http://www.rkmp.co.in/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com