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Why commercial farming is preferred in India

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Answered by rishu99
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to increase the production and to come across a self sufficient food grain country
Answered by TanishaDas11
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In a commercial based agriculture, crops are raised in large scale plantations or estates and shipped off to other countries for money. These systems are common in sparsely populated areas such as Gujarat,Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, and Maharashtra. Wheat, cotton, sugarcane, and corn are all examples of crops grown commercially.[6]

Types of commercial agricultureEdit

Intensive commercial farming: This is a system of agriculture in which relatively large amounts of capital or labor are applied to relatively smaller areas of land. It is usually practiced where the population pressure is reducing the size of landholdings. West Bengal practices intensive commercial farming.[6]

Extensive commercial farming: This is a system of agriculture in which relatively small amounts of capital or labor investment are applied to relatively large areas of land. At times, the land is left fallow to regain its fertility. It is mostly mechanized because of the cost and availability of labor. It usually occurs at the margin of the agricultural system, at a great distance from market or on poor land of limited potential and is usually practiced in the tarai regions of southernNepal. Crops grown are sugarcane, rice and wheat.[6]

Plantation agriculture: Plantation is a large farm or estate usually in a tropical or sub-tropical country where crops are grown for sale in distant markets rather than local consumption.[6]

Commercial grain farming: This type of farming is a response to farm mechanisation and it is the major type of activity in the areas of low rainfall and low density of population where

extensive farming is practised. Crops are prone to the vagaries of weather and droughts and mono culture of wheat is the general practice.

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