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Chapter Agriculture (Geography)
Types of Farming:-
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Subsistence Farming
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Commercial Farming
Subsistence Farming:-
They further are of two types:-
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Primitive subsistence farming
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Intensive subsistence farming
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Primitive Susbsistence Farming
1.It is a old form of Farming
2.Old tools are used
3.Dependent on natural fertility
4.No fertilizer's and chemicals were used
5.Allow soil to regain the Fertility
6.Low productivity.
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Slash and burn agriculture:- In this type of farming farmers clears a
patch of land and produce cereal on it and other food crops to sustain
their family. When soil fertility decreases, the farmer shuft and clear a
patch of land of cultivation. This type of shifting allow nature to replinsh
the fertility of soil through Natural Processes.
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Names of primitive farming:-
In North east:-Shifting, Jhumming, Slash and burn
In mexico:-Milpa.
In venzula:-Concua
In Indonesia:-Lodang
In vietnam:-Ray
In Madhya pardesh:-Bewar or Dahiya
In odisha:-Koman
In Brazil:-Roca
In Himachal Pardesh :-Khil
In Jharkhand:-Karuwa
In Rajasthan:-Valre
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Intensive Subsistence farming
