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Types of Agriculture (Subsistence agriculture (crops (Cropping pattern is…
Types of Agriculture
Subsistence agriculture
crops
Cropping pattern is dominated by food crops
farming = extensive =
2-4 crops are harvested every year
Fileds
very small
intensive use of land
techniques
Large scale use of human labour
high population less machines
Traditional methods of farming
Shifting agriculture
Charecteristics
start
Patch of land is cleared by cutting and burning trees
Seeds are planted in ground(farmers do not plough the fields)
Mid
after 2-3 years the land is abandoned as the yield decreases due to several reasons
End
Fresh clearing is made and community migrates to that area
Results
wasteful method as
environmental degradation
deforestration
Soil erosion
places
plenty of rainfall and hills covered with thick forests
hill slopes in
Arunachal pradesh
Mizoram
Assam
Nagaland
Extensive agriculture
Characteristics
land
large land holdings
high per hectare production
large scale and modern machinary
places
russia
usa
canada
argentina
Intensive agrculture
characteristics
land
per hectare yield is high
small land holdings
crops
crop >1 in the same field
Techniques
modern inputs
fertilizers
pesticides
high yielding variety of seeds
Places
India
Haryana
west bengal
punjab
outside
Japan
china
Bangladesh
commercial farming
characteristics
replacement of subsistence
crop for sale
Places
haryana
plains of western U.P
punjab
plantation agriculture
characteristics
farms
employ large scale labour
large and normal size(5-40 hectare)
huge capital
Crops
mono cultural agriculture
grown for trade
tea coffee and rubber
places(hills of )
N.E india
south india