The farming practices in the Indian Subcontinent are not as mechanized and not as geared towards profit maximization, which certainly helps. However, the main

The farming practices in the Indian Subcontinent are not as mechanized and not as geared towards profit maximization, which certainly helps. However, the main reason why that region is always fertile is the immense amount of rich soil brought by the Indus River from its origins in the Himalayas. There is no such replacement mechanism for the US Midwestern plains; the soil was created over millennia and once it’s gone it’s gone forever.