Question

Distinguish between : Dry farming and wet farming.

Answer 1

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Dry farming

(i) Dry farming is that farming in which moisture is maintained by raising a special type of crops.
(ii) This is practised in dry areas of the country such as, North Western India.
(iii) Gram and peas are the important crops.

Wet farming

(i) Wet farming is a type of farming which depends mainly upon rain.
(ii) This type of far-ming is prevalent in the North, North-Eastern, Eastern India and the Western slopes of the Western Ghats.
(iii) Rice, jute, sugar-cane, etc., are the important crops.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Dry farming and Wet farming are basically two types of farming methods diffrentiated on the basis of average annual rainfall /precipitation.

1. Dry farming -

• Dry farming is also called as Dryland farming.
• It is the method of agriculture in which the crops are cultivated in less than 50 centimetres of annual precipitation, without irrigation facilities.
• It is dependent upon the storage of limited moisture in the soil efficiently.
• Those crops are selected cultivated/grown which utilizes the minimum water.
• This form of farming is done in the North Western parts of the India where the climatic conditions are hot and dry throughout the year.
• Gram and peas are some important crops of dry farming.

2. Wet farming -

• Wet farming is also called Paludiculture.
• It is the method of cultivation in which minimum 200 centimetres of annual precipitation is required.
• This type of agriculture is usually done in the North Eastern parts of India such as Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
• Rice, sugarcane, jute are some important crops in wet farming.