Question

Discuss the difference between traditional and
modern agriculture practices
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Answer 1

Answer:

Traditional:

• Manually done by human and animals.
• Hand sowing or Broadcasting of seeds.
• Ploughing with mould board plough.
• Hand weeding.
• No usage of chemical pesticides.
• Irrigation by bunds and channels.
• Traditional crop varieties are cultivated.

Modern:

• Mostly machinary work.
• Sowing by seed with seed driller.
• Ploughing with 9 tine, 3 tine cultivator or ploughing machine.
• Using of chemical pesticides for weeding
• Drip irrigation.
• Hybrid crops cultivated.

Answer 2

Answer: The traditional farming system focuses on the food needs of farmers, so it is not suitable to meet the needs of an increasing number of people. Nevertheless, modern agriculture focuses on efforts to meet human food needs and species breeding agriculture, aiming to optimize farming to produce quality food.