Which are the different types of cultivatons and their products?
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Different Types of Cultivation are as follows:-
Shifting Cultivation: It is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot.
Subsistence Farming: It is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.
Intensive Farming: It is characterized by a low fallow ratio, higher use of inputs such as capital, fertilizers, pesticides and labor, and higher crop yields per unit land area. Local environment and soil can be damaged in this type of framing.
Extensive Farming: It is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labor, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed. Local environment and soil are not damaged in this type of Farming.
Commercial Agriculture: Farming intended for sale and done on a large with mechanized equipment.
Dryland Farming: It is the agricultural techniques for non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with drylands - dry areas characterized by a cool wet season followed by a warm dry season.
Monoculture: It is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time.
Crop Rotation: It is the practice of growing dissimilar crops to improve soil structure and fertility by alternatively growing deep rooted and shallow rooted plants.