Answer any one of these questions.
(a) Explain the physical and human inputs support for the development of farm system.
OR
(b) According to your opinion subsistence farming or commercial farming, which one
support for economic growth. Give reasons.
Answers
Answer:
(a) Agricultural inputs are classified into two types.
1. Human inputs: Labour (workers), Machinery (tractors, combine harvesters, etc.), Buildings (barns, silos), seed to grow crops, animal feed, fertilisers and pesticides, calves, chicks, piglets, etc. (small animals brought to rear and later sell).
2. Natural inputs: Soil, precipitation, sun, alluvium, relief, drainage.
(b)Subsistence Agriculture is the production of food primarily for consumption by the farmer's family. Commercial Agriculture is the production of cash crops primarily for sale off the farm
Subsistence/smallholder agriculture can play an important role in reducing the vulnerability of rural and urban food-insecure households, improving livelihoods, and helping to mitigate high food price inflation.
Types of Commercial Farming
Dairy Farming. As the name suggests, it is the commercial farming of milk and milk products. ...
Grain Farming. ...
Plantation Farming. ...
Livestock Ranching. ...
Mediterranean Agriculture. ...
Mixed Crop and Livestock Farming. ...
Commercial Gardening and Fruit Farming (truck farming)