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Farming: Subsistence: Rice growing in India and commercial: rubber plantation in cambodia Farming Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other
every unit of energy from human labor in traditional subsistence farming provides at least 1 unit of food energy and up to 10 units using traditional intensive farming.
main cause of fertility in the women. (8)In no part of the world the land is so intensively tilled and people are so closely packed together as in those parts of
By1903, 8,561 acres of estate land were estimated as being under rice cultivation and five tons of rice was exported from British Guiana for the first time in that
in crop rotation, ensuring the recycling of nutrients that maintain soil fertility. These practices have effectively prevented major outbreaks of diseases and pests
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Farming
Agriculture is the process of producing food, feed, fiber and other products by the cultivation of certain plants and the raising of domestic animals. The practice of agriculture is also known as "farming".
There are many types of farming. They can be classified into many groups. The groups are Economic status, Specialization, Intensity of land use and land tenure. Economic Status includes subsistence farming and commercial farming. Subsistence is when the food produced is just enough to meet the farmers needs i.e. enough to feed his whole family. Commercial Farming, or factory farming, is the growing of crops or rearing of animals for sale. It is very common in MEDCs and is rapidly increasing every where else.
The specialization criteria includes Arable, pastoral and mixed (arable and pastoral) farming. Extensive and intensive farming fall under the intensity of land use. Shifting and nomadic cultivation and sedentary farming fall under land tenure.
Farming produces goods such as cut flowers, decorative and nursery plants, timber, fertilizers, leather, industrial chemicals (starch, sugar, ethanol, alcohols and plastics), fibers, fuels and both legal and illegal drugs. Genetically engineered plants and animals produce specialty drugs.
Commercial Farming:
Commercial Farming is farming for a profit, where food is produced by advanced technological means for sale in the market. In other words Commercial farmers sell their crops and animals in order to make a profit. It often employs very few workers. There are many types of commercial farming. For E.g. Ranching, Plantation, Fish farming, flower growing etc.
It uses large amounts of capital for equipment and fertilizer, pesticides, improved varieties and other advance technology
It includes tropical & sub-tropical plantations, mid-latitude grain farming, vegetable & fruit cultivation, mixed crop & livestock farming, and...
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