Question

1. In what ways do you think plantation agriculture is useful in the modern world? What on the advantages of shifting cultivation in India?

Answer 1

• Plantation agriculture is a form of commercial farming where crops are grown for profit. Large land areas are needed for this type of agriculture. Some of the important plantation crops are tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, cotton, oil palm, sugarcane, bananas and pineapples.

• Shifting cultivation is a traditional farming method where a plot of land is cleared, burned and cultivated for few years after which the farmer moves to the next plot of land and the same procedure is followed. It provide the very easy and very fast method of the preparation of the land for the agriculture.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Improves the fertility of the soil. - Increment the cost and request of the items. - Decrease the effect on the ecosystem. - Modern farming has modern storage methods that reduce wastage of food grains.