Question

Explain briefly about Commercial farming

Answer 1

Commercial farming is the farming method in which plant and livestock production is practiced with the intention of selling the products on the market. ... Subsistence agriculture is practiced in a small area only. On the other hand, a large area is necessary to practice commercial agriculture.

Answer 2

The growing of crops and the caring of animals for raw materials, food, or export, particularly for profitable reasons.

Explanation:

• The methods of cultivation depend on the conditions of physical environment, technical know-how and socio-cultural activities. Commercial Farming is a type of farming which utilizes high doses of latest inputs to get higher productivity, like high-yielding variety seeds, insecticides, chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

• A plantation is a form of commercial farming where one crop is cultivated in a wide area. With the help of migrant workers, plantations covers huge areas of land, using  inputs of capital intensive. All the produce is utilized as a raw material in industries.

• Examples: Banana, sugar cane, coffee, rubber.