Identify and name the following types of agriculture 1. Slash-and-burn cultivation. 2. Agriculture in areas with less land but high population density. 3. Cultivation of crops and rearing of animals in same farm. 4. Rearing of cattle for milk for supply to urban market. 5. Breeding of fishes in ponds, tanks, etc. for sale in market. 6. Growing of fruits and flowers in specialised farms.
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labour. Some of the operations involved are ploughing,
sowing, irrigation, weeding and harvesting. The outputs
from the system include crops, wool, dairy and poultry
products.Types Of Farming
Farming is practised in various ways across the world.
Depending upon the geographical conditions, demand
of produce, labour and level of technology, farming can
be classified into two main types. These are subsistence
farming and commercial farming.
Subsistence Farming
This type of farming is practised to meet the needs of the
farmer’s family. Traditionally, low levels of technology
and household labour are used to produce on small
output. Subsistence farming can be further classified
as intensive subsistence and primitive subsistence
farming.
In intensive subsistence agriculture the farmer
cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and
more labour. Climate with large number of days with
sunshine and fertile soils permit growing of more than
one crop annually on the same plot. Rice is the main
crop. Other crops include wheat, maize, pulses and
oilseeds. Intensive subsistence agriculture is prevalent
in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions
of south, southeast and east Asia.Primitive subsistence agriculture includes shifting
cultivation and nomadic herding.
Shifting cultivation is practised in the thickly
forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of
southeast Asia and Northeast India. These are the areas
of heavy rainfall and quick regeneration of vegetation.
A plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and burning
them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops
like maize, yam, potatoes and cassava are grown. After
the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned and the
cultivator moves to a new plot. Shifting cultivation is
also known as ‘slash and burn’ agriculture.
Nomadic herding is practised in the semi-arid
and arid regions of Sahara, Central Asia and some
parts of India, like Rajasthan and Jammu and
Kashmir. In this type of farming, herdsmen
move from place to place with their animals for
fodder and water, along defined routes. This
type of movement arises in response to climatic
constraints and terrain. Sheep, camel, yak and
goats are most commonly reared. They provide
milk, meat, wool, hides and other products to
the herders and their families.
Commercial Farming
In commercial farming crops are grown and
animals are reared for sale in market. The area
cultivated and the amount of capital used is
large. Most of the work is done by machines.
Commercial farming includes commercial
grain farming, mixed farming and plantation
agriculture (Fig 4.5).
In commercial grain farming crops are grown
for commercial purpose. Wheat and maize are
common commercially grown grains. Major
areas where commercial grain farming is
pracised are temperate grasslands of North America,
Europe and Asia. These areas are sparsely populated
with large farms spreading over hundreds of hectares.
Severe winters restrict the growing season and only a
single crop can be grown.
In mixed farming the land is used for growing
food and fodder crops and rearing livestock.It is practised in Europe, eastern USA, Argentina,
southeast Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.