Name
different type of farming practices in India ? Also give
five characteristic features of each one of them.
Answers
Answer:
In India the following types of farming are practiced:
Shifting Agriculture(Jhoom): ...
Subsistence Agriculture: ...
Intensive Farming: ...
Extensive Farming: ...
Plantation Agriculture: ...
Commercial Agriculture: ...
Explanation:
Key Features of Shifting Cultivation
Rotation of fields.
Use of fire for clearing the land.
Keeping the land fallow for regeneration for a number of years.
Use of human labour as main input.
Non-employment of draught animals.
Features of subsistence farming are as follows:
Small-holdings:
It is characterised by small and scattered land holdings and use of primitive tools.
The farmers do not use fertiliser and high yielding variety of seeds as they are poor.
Intensive farming or intensive agriculture involves various types of agriculture with higher levels of input and output per unit of agricultural land area. It is characterised by a low fallow ratio, higher use of inputs such as capital and labour, and higher crop yields per unit land area.”
Extensive agriculture, in agricultural economics, system of crop cultivation using small amounts of labour and capital in relation to area of land being farmed. The crop yield in extensive agriculture depends primarily on the natural fertility of the soil, the terrain, the climate, and the availability of water.
The important features of plantation agriculture of farming are a large capital investment, cheap labour, scientific methods of cultivation, large estates or plantations, managerial and technical support, single crop specialisation, and a good system of transportation