(l) Plantation is a type of commercial farming. (ii) It is known as bush or tree farming. (iii) It is a single crop farming because a single crop is grown on a large area. (iv) It is a capital intensive agriculture. (v) The produce is used as raw material in respective industries. (vi) It needs goodRead more
(l) Plantation is a type of commercial farming.
(ii) It is known as bush or tree farming.
(iii) It is a single crop farming because a single crop is grown on a large area.
(iv) It is a capital intensive agriculture.
(v) The produce is used as raw material in respective industries.
(vi) It needs good managerial ability, technical know-how, sophisticated machinery, ferti-Iisers, irrigation, transport facilities and communication network.
(vii) Tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana are important plantation crops.
(viii) Some plantations like tea, coffee and rubber have a processing factory within the farm itself or close to it.
(ix) Since the production is mainly for the market, a well-developed network of transport and communication is necessary to connect the plantation areas, processing industries and markets in the development of plantations.
(x) Tea is an important plantation crop in Assam and North Bengal while coffee is grown in Karnataka.
Under this system, farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family. As the fertility of the soil decreases, the land is abandoned. The farmers move to new areas and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation. It is known as ‘shifting agriculture'. TheRead more
Under this system, farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family. As the fertility of the soil decreases, the land is abandoned. The farmers move to new areas and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation. It is known as ‘shifting agriculture’. The shifting of farmers to new area allows nature to replenish the fertility of the soil through natural processes. As farmers do not use fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds, the land productivity is low.
It is known as follows:
(i) Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland- Jhumming
(ii) Manipur – Pamlou
(iii) Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Dipa
(iv) Madhya Pradesh – Bewar or Dahiya
(v) Andhra Pradesh – Podu or Penda
(vi) Orissa – Pama Dabi or Koman or Bringa
(vii) Western Ghats – Kumari
(viii) South-eastern Rajasthan – Valre or Waltre
(ix) Himalayan belt – Khil
(x) Jharkhand-Kuruwa.
Subsistence agriculture is still practiced in certain parts of the country due to the following reasons: (i) Small piece of land: In some parts of the country, the farmers have only small patches of land where they do farming with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and famRead more
Subsistence agriculture is still practiced in certain parts of the country due to the following reasons:
(i) Small piece of land: In some parts of the country, the farmers have only small patches of land where they do farming with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family labour.
(ii) Poverty: Small farmers are poor. They cannot use fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds.
(iii) Lack of irrigation facilities: In some parts irrigation facilities are not available to the farmers. The farming still depends upon monsoon. In such situation they can produce only what they need.
(iv) Fertility of the soil: At places where the soil is not fertile, only subsistence agriculture can be practised. Thus the farmers are compelled to produce to sustain their family.
The differences between subsistence and commercial agriculture are as given below: Subsistence agriculture: - (i) It is practised on small patches of land. (ii) Primitive tools such as hoe, dao and digging sticks are used. It is done with the help of family community labour. (iii) It is practised inRead more
The differences between subsistence and commercial agriculture are as given below:
Subsistence agriculture: –
(i) It is practised on small patches of land.
(ii) Primitive tools such as hoe, dao and digging sticks are used. It is done with the help of family community labour.
(iii) It is practised in thickly populated areas.
(iv) This farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and other environmental conditions.
(v) Cereals like wheat and millets are mainly grown to sustain their family.
Commercial agriculture: –
(i) It is not practised on small patches of land e.g., tea,coffee.
(ii) High yielding variety seeds, chemical firtilised, insecticides and pesticides are used to obtain higher productivity.
(iii)It is grown in sparsely populated areas.
(iv) Development of dense network of canal irrigation and tube wells have made possible to grow rice-a commercial crop -in areas of less rainfall as Punjab and Haryana.
(v) Wheat, cotton, rice are grown on commercial basis. Plantation is also a type of commercial farming. In India tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana, etc. are plantation crops.
India is an agriculturally important country. Agriculture has great importance following due to facts: (i) Two-thirds of population in India is engaged in agricultural activities. Agriculture is a primary activity. (ii) Indian economy depends on agriculture. (iii) It produces most of the food and enRead more
India is an agriculturally important country. Agriculture has great importance following due to facts:
(i) Two-thirds of population in India is engaged in agricultural activities. Agriculture is a primary activity.
(ii) Indian economy depends on agriculture.
(iii) It produces most of the food and ensures food security for the people.
(iv) It also produces raw material for various industries. it is the mainstay of India’s economy. It accounts for about 26 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP)’ Thus, agriculture development is a necessary condition of our national prosperity.
Which of the following is an important plantation crop in Karnataka?
(b) Coffee
(b) Coffee
See lessWrite a short note on plantation agriculture.
(l) Plantation is a type of commercial farming. (ii) It is known as bush or tree farming. (iii) It is a single crop farming because a single crop is grown on a large area. (iv) It is a capital intensive agriculture. (v) The produce is used as raw material in respective industries. (vi) It needs goodRead more
(l) Plantation is a type of commercial farming.
See less(ii) It is known as bush or tree farming.
(iii) It is a single crop farming because a single crop is grown on a large area.
(iv) It is a capital intensive agriculture.
(v) The produce is used as raw material in respective industries.
(vi) It needs good managerial ability, technical know-how, sophisticated machinery, ferti-Iisers, irrigation, transport facilities and communication network.
(vii) Tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana are important plantation crops.
(viii) Some plantations like tea, coffee and rubber have a processing factory within the farm itself or close to it.
(ix) Since the production is mainly for the market, a well-developed network of transport and communication is necessary to connect the plantation areas, processing industries and markets in the development of plantations.
(x) Tea is an important plantation crop in Assam and North Bengal while coffee is grown in Karnataka.
Explain the ‘slash and burn’ agriculture. How is it known in different parts of the country?
Under this system, farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family. As the fertility of the soil decreases, the land is abandoned. The farmers move to new areas and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation. It is known as ‘shifting agriculture'. TheRead more
Under this system, farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their family. As the fertility of the soil decreases, the land is abandoned. The farmers move to new areas and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation. It is known as ‘shifting agriculture’. The shifting of farmers to new area allows nature to replenish the fertility of the soil through natural processes. As farmers do not use fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds, the land productivity is low.
See lessIt is known as follows:
(i) Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland- Jhumming
(ii) Manipur – Pamlou
(iii) Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands – Dipa
(iv) Madhya Pradesh – Bewar or Dahiya
(v) Andhra Pradesh – Podu or Penda
(vi) Orissa – Pama Dabi or Koman or Bringa
(vii) Western Ghats – Kumari
(viii) South-eastern Rajasthan – Valre or Waltre
(ix) Himalayan belt – Khil
(x) Jharkhand-Kuruwa.
Why is subsistence agriculture still practiced in certain parts of the country? Give four reasons.
Subsistence agriculture is still practiced in certain parts of the country due to the following reasons: (i) Small piece of land: In some parts of the country, the farmers have only small patches of land where they do farming with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and famRead more
Subsistence agriculture is still practiced in certain parts of the country due to the following reasons:
See less(i) Small piece of land: In some parts of the country, the farmers have only small patches of land where they do farming with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family labour.
(ii) Poverty: Small farmers are poor. They cannot use fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds.
(iii) Lack of irrigation facilities: In some parts irrigation facilities are not available to the farmers. The farming still depends upon monsoon. In such situation they can produce only what they need.
(iv) Fertility of the soil: At places where the soil is not fertile, only subsistence agriculture can be practised. Thus the farmers are compelled to produce to sustain their family.
What are the differences between subsistence and commercial agriculture?
The differences between subsistence and commercial agriculture are as given below: Subsistence agriculture: - (i) It is practised on small patches of land. (ii) Primitive tools such as hoe, dao and digging sticks are used. It is done with the help of family community labour. (iii) It is practised inRead more
The differences between subsistence and commercial agriculture are as given below:
See lessSubsistence agriculture: –
(i) It is practised on small patches of land.
(ii) Primitive tools such as hoe, dao and digging sticks are used. It is done with the help of family community labour.
(iii) It is practised in thickly populated areas.
(iv) This farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and other environmental conditions.
(v) Cereals like wheat and millets are mainly grown to sustain their family.
Commercial agriculture: –
(i) It is not practised on small patches of land e.g., tea,coffee.
(ii) High yielding variety seeds, chemical firtilised, insecticides and pesticides are used to obtain higher productivity.
(iii)It is grown in sparsely populated areas.
(iv) Development of dense network of canal irrigation and tube wells have made possible to grow rice-a commercial crop -in areas of less rainfall as Punjab and Haryana.
(v) Wheat, cotton, rice are grown on commercial basis. Plantation is also a type of commercial farming. In India tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana, etc. are plantation crops.
Describe the importance of agriculture in India.
India is an agriculturally important country. Agriculture has great importance following due to facts: (i) Two-thirds of population in India is engaged in agricultural activities. Agriculture is a primary activity. (ii) Indian economy depends on agriculture. (iii) It produces most of the food and enRead more
India is an agriculturally important country. Agriculture has great importance following due to facts:
See less(i) Two-thirds of population in India is engaged in agricultural activities. Agriculture is a primary activity.
(ii) Indian economy depends on agriculture.
(iii) It produces most of the food and ensures food security for the people.
(iv) It also produces raw material for various industries. it is the mainstay of India’s economy. It accounts for about 26 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP)’ Thus, agriculture development is a necessary condition of our national prosperity.