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Agriculture
Social Science · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 20 questions and answers
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- Q: What is primitive subsistence farming?
- A: Primitive subsistence farming is practised on small patches of land with primitive tools like hoe and digging sticks, depending on monsoon, natural fertility of soil; it is a slash and burn agriculture (jhumming).
- Q: By what names is 'slash and burn' agriculture known in India?
- A: It is known as jhumming in the north-eastern states, Pamlou in Manipur, Dipa in Bastar (Chhattisgarh) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- Q: What is intensive subsistence farming?
- A: It is practised in areas of high population pressure on land; it is labour-intensive farming with high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation for higher production.
- Q: What is commercial farming?
- A: Commercial farming uses higher doses of modern inputs like high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides and pesticides to obtain higher productivity, mainly for sale in the market.
- Q: What is plantation agriculture?
- A: A type of commercial farming in which a single crop is grown on a large area; it has an interface of agriculture and industry, e.g. tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana.
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