Q. How
do
you think the farming
past and present is different
Answers
Ancient farming techniques have all but been replaced by modern mechanized farming in many places around the world. But a growing sustainable agricultural movement, coupled with concerns about the impact of global warming, has led to a resurgence of interest in the processes and struggles of the original inventors and innovators of farming, some 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.
Original farmers developed crops and animals that grew and thrived in different environments. In the process, they developed adaptations to maintain soils, ward off frost and freeze cycles, and protect their crops from animals.
Traditional Methods of Farming
1. The outdated and old methods of farming used from earlier times are known as traditional methods of farming.
2. These methods are time consuming and production is also low.
3. Old methods like irrigating lands with the help of Persian wheels are used.
4. Traditional seeds are used.
5. Farmers are dependent on monsoon rain.
6. Cow-dung and other natural manure are used as fertilisers.
7. Traditional farming methods do not require more inputs which are manufactured in industry.
Modern Methods of Farming
1. New and scientific methods of farming which are used nowadays are known as modern methods of farming.
2. There methods are quick, efficient and easy to used and lead to higher production in less time.
3. Machinery like tractors and threshers are used.
4. HYV seeds, irrigation, chemical fertilisers, pesticides etc. are used.
5. Farmers are not dependent on monsoon rain as they have provision of tube wells for irrigation.
6. Chemical fertilisers are pesticides are used.
7. Modern farming methods required more inputs which are manufactured in industry.