AGRICULTURE
What do you mean by agriculture?
India is an agricultural important country. Two thirds of its population is engaged in agricultural activities.
Agriculture is a primary activity which produces most of the food that we consume. Such as food grains and also non food crops like raw material for various industries.
Types of Farming
Agriculture is an age old economic activity. There are some characteristics on which the cultivation depends such as environment, technology, socio cultural practices.
Primitive subsistence Farming: This type of farming is still practised in few pockets of India. It is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe,dao and digging sticks. And it is only for family that they are indulging themself with it for their needs. This type of farming counts upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and other environmental conditions. Basically it is a 'slash and burn' agriculture. Farmers clear a patch of land and when the soil fertility decreases, the farmers shift and clear fresh patch of land for cultivation.
Intensive subsistence Farming: This type of farming is practised in areas of high population pressure on land. It is obtaining higher production.
Commercial Farming: This type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs, example.chemical ,insecticides and pesticides in order to obtain higher productivity. For example, rice is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab.
What do you mean by agriculture?
India is an agricultural important country. Two thirds of its population is engaged in agricultural activities.
Agriculture is a primary activity which produces most of the food that we consume. Such as food grains and also non food crops like raw material for various industries.
Types of Farming
Agriculture is an age old economic activity. There are some characteristics on which the cultivation depends such as environment, technology, socio cultural practices.
Primitive subsistence Farming: This type of farming is still practised in few pockets of India. It is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe,dao and digging sticks. And it is only for family that they are indulging themself with it for their needs. This type of farming counts upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and other environmental conditions. Basically it is a 'slash and burn' agriculture. Farmers clear a patch of land and when the soil fertility decreases, the farmers shift and clear fresh patch of land for cultivation.
Intensive subsistence Farming: This type of farming is practised in areas of high population pressure on land. It is obtaining higher production.
Commercial Farming: This type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs, example.chemical ,insecticides and pesticides in order to obtain higher productivity. For example, rice is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab.
Mixed farming: This type of Farming found in the highly developed parts of the world. There are some crops such as wheat,barley,oats,rye,maize,fodder and root crops.
Dairy farming: It is very advanced farming.It is highly capital intensive. Animal sheds,storage facilities for fodder,feeding andmachines addto thecost of dairy farming.
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