AGRICULTURE - Farming and Its Types

AGRICULTURE- Farming and
Its Types.
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture is the most important

economic activity .It includes
Agriculture means ,the practice of
growing crops ,vegetables and
growing plants and rearing animals
fruits .50 percent of the population
for food, fibre and other useful
is engaged in agricultural activity .
products is known as agriculture .
Two third of India’s population is
still dependent in agriculture .
FACTORS INFLUENCING
AGRICULTURE
CLIMATE
TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL ARE THE BASIC FACTORS

IN WHICH AGRICULTURE SURVIVES .CROPS GROWN IN
COLDER CLIMATE CANNOT BE GROWN IN OTHER
REGIONS .CULTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR IN EQUATORIAL REGIONS ,AS THE CLIMATE IS
HOT AND HUMID.RICE AND JUTE NEEDS MORE WATER
AN CAN BE GROWN IN MONSOON SEASONS.
RELIEF FEATURES
The land on which the crops are grown is known as

arable land. The low lying lands are more suitable
for agriculture than hilly areas .
In the lands due to the dense population provides

cheap and adequate labour.
Better transport facilities and a ready market for farm

produts is available on low lying lands.
SOIL
SOIL OF different places vary in their

chemical properties .
Soil acts as an medium to supply

moisture and nutrients to the plants
Rice grows best in clayey alluvial soil while black

lava soilis suitable for the production of cotton.
SOCIO ECONOMIC FACTORS
The socio economic factors such as

availability of land ,labour ,cost of
market ,government policies also
influence the agriculture of region .
TYPES of FARMING
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE
THE farming which is

basically practiced by a
farmer to meet his
needs and the needs
of the family .
They exchange
It is of two types –
their produce
intensive and
among a small
primitive
group.
INTENSIVE
In intensive subsistence
agriculture the maximum
usage of minimum land is
done .The farmer cultivates in
a small plot of land with cheap
tools and more labour .
It is practiced in
Several families are
India ,China and Japan
dependent on the small
and some other south
piece of land .
east Asian countries .
PRIMITIVE
Nomadic herding:
Nomadic herding is the
most common type of
This type of agriculture THEY carry their
agriculture practiced by
includes nomadic herding belongings on the back of
nomads who wanders
and shifting cultivation their camels and donkeys .
place to place in search of
grazing pastures and
water for their animals .
SHIFTING CULTIVATION
Shifting cultivation is mostly
practiced by peoples in hilly areas
and tribal peoples .It is called jhum
in north east India .
The practice of this method

promotes deforestation ,because to
clear a patch of forest ,tribals burn
down the trees.
It is also termed as slash and burn

agriculture .
COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
Commercial
The crops are
farming includes
grown in the
: commercial
farms that are
grain
large in size with
farming ,mixed
extensive
farming,
farming
plantation
operations .
agriculture .
GRAIN FARMING
Extensive farming is
IN GRAIN FARMING ,grains
practiced in these
are grown for commercial Wheat and maize are
farms .With THE help of
purposes .This type of commonly grown
machines ,operations like
farming is usually done on commercial grain.
sowing ,harvesting and
a large scale .
winnowing are carried out.
MIXED FARMING
IN mixed
farming ,crops are
Farms are of moderate
grown and animals are
size and intensive
reared on the same
farming is practiced .
farmland .Cattle
Chemical fertilisers
rearing for meat and
and advanced
milk is an important
machines are
feature of mixed
used .Crop rotation is
farming .It is common
practiced to retain the
in western
fertility of the soil.
Europe ,Russia and
north America .
PLANTATION AGRICULTURE
This is completely
commercial in nature. In
this method ,one crop is
THIS TYPE of agriculture is
produced on a large
practiced in tropical and Tea, coffee, rubber and
scale .A huge amount of
sub tropical areas . This spices are the main crops
capital is invested which is
method was introduced grown .
used for hiring cheap and
by Europeans .
skilled labour .Modern
machines and fertilisers
are used if needed .

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AGRICULTURE- Farming and

Agriculture is the most important

TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL ARE THE BASIC FACTORS

The land on which the crops are grown is known as

In the lands due to the dense population provides

Better transport facilities and a ready market for farm

SOIL OF different places vary in their

Soil acts as an medium to supply

Rice grows best in clayey alluvial soil while black

The socio economic factors such as

THE farming which is

The practice of this method

It is also termed as slash and burn

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