1. Answer the following questions.
(i) What is agriculture?
(ii) Name the factors influencing agriculture? Soul
(iii) What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
(iv) What is plantation agriculture?
(v) Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their
growth.
Answers
i) What is agriculture?
1) Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock. ... Selective breeding and modern practices in animal husbandry have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal welfare and environmental damage.
(ii) Name the factors influencing agriculture? Soul
Climate, land relief, soil and vegetation are the main factors which influence agricultural activity. The growth of plants depends on the temperature and humidity of the land and the amount of light it receives.(3) ) What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?What is agriculture?
Answer:
Agriculture is a primary activity that includes growing crops, vegetables, fruits, flowers and rearing of livestock.
(ii) Name the factors influencing agriculture?
Answer:
Some major factors that influence agriculture are:
Soil
Climate
Topography
Population
(iii) What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Answer: Shifting cultivation is a type of farming activity in which a plot of land is cleared by cutting down trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops are grown. After the land has lost its fertility, it is abandoned. The farmers then move to a new place.
This type of farming has the following disadvantages.
It leads to deforestation.
The land used loses its fertility after some time
It also leads to soil erosion
Burning of trees causes air pollution
Crops are cultivated on small plots of land which is insufficient for feeding a large population.
(iv) What is plantation agriculturePlantations are a type of commercial farming where a single crop of tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana or cotton is grown. It requires a large amount of capital and labour. The produce can be processed on the farm itself or in nearby factories. The development of a transport network is thus essential for such farming. This type of farming can be found in tropical regions of the world like India, Sri Lanka and Brazil.
(v) Name the fibre crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Answer:
Jute and Cotton are fibre crops.
The climatic conditions required for the growth of Jute are:
High temperature
Heavy rainfall
High humidity
The climatic conditions required for the growth of cotton are:
High temperature
Light rainfall