how many type of farming
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Answer:
3 types
1) primitive
2) intensive
3) commercial
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Answer:
Nine types.
Explanation:
Types of Farming -
1. Primitive Subsistence farming:
It is an ancient type of farming method, in which farming is performed in a particular or defined space in that farmers grow their crops. farmers can produce food for their own needs and not for sale. In India subsistence farming is practiced in Kerala, the coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
2. Commercial agriculture:
The commercial farming method aims to perform the plantation and livestock for selling in the commercial market. For commercial farming large number of the area is required. In India, this type of farming is mostly done in urban areas such as Maharashtra., Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, and Gujarat.
3. Dry farming:
Dry farming is also known as Dryland Farming. It consumes the maximum amount of water in the soil and without an extra supply of water. The moisture of the soil is low in dryland farming. In India, this type of farming is mostly done in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
4. Wet farming:
The word Wet farming is defined its-self as it almost depends on rainfall. Generally, this type of farming is practiced in the Eastern, North-Eastern, North part of India. Crops like Mango, Rose, Chikku, Guava, Custard, Soursop, tamarind, Bur, Pomegranate, Fig, Jack fruit, etc., mostly grows in wet farming.
5.Shifting agriculture:
Shifting agriculture is also as known as Shifting Cultivation in which farming can be done in a plot of land for a temporary period after that it would be abandoned. This type of farming is mostly practiced in the hilltop region of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Nagaland. In shifting agriculture the crops like maize, millets, cotton, rice, etc., are cultivated.
6. Plantation agriculture:
Plantation agriculture is a single crop farming that is produced on the land for at least one year. It is also known as commercial farming because the crop is mostly used in factories or small-scale industries. In India, Plantation agriculture is mostly practiced in Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Karnataka, Bihar.
7. Intensive agriculture:
Intensive farming is also known as Intensive agriculture in this high quantity of fertilizers, labor, pesticides are used on the land for farming. But, intensive farming creates a large number of pollution & it also damages the Environment as compare to organic farming. Intensive farming is practised in West Bengal, Kerala, coastal Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu in India.
8. Mixed and Multiple Agriculture:
Mixed cropping is also known as inter-cropping. In this type of farming, the farmers are growing different types of crops but more than once in the same land together. In India, this type of farming is usually practiced in Odisha and Kerala.
9. Vertical Farming:
In Vertical Farming crops are grown indoors, which requires artificial light and temperature, plants are cultivated in a vertical position in which takes less space and gives more production in the agriculture industry. This type of farming in India is mostly practiced in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai without using soil or pesticides.