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Chapter: 05. Types Of Agriculture

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The word ‘agriculture’ is derived from two Latin words—‘ager’, meaning ‘field’, and ‘cultura’, meaning ‘_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’.

to cultivate

In most countries in Asia and Africa, more than _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ per cent of the people are employed in the agricultural sector.

Farmers practising subsistence farming generally grow rice or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and use organic fertilizers.

vegetables

India ranks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the world in agriculture production.

second

In intensive farming, the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides leads to the death of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ insects.

useful

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the growing of two or more crops on the same piece of land in a single year.

Multiple cropping

Crop _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the growing of different crops on the same piece of land in successive years to enhance soil fertility.

rotation

Extensive farming is practised in areas of low _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and where plenty of land is available.

population

In extensive farming, most of the work is done by using large machines such as the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

combine harvester

Shifting cultivation is also known as ‘slash and burn’ or ‘_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’ in India.

Jhumming

The tool used in shifting cultivation to cut down trees and bushes is a long sharp knife called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

machete

Almost half of India’s population (around _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ per cent) is engaged in agriculture.

Commercial farming is also known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

agribusiness

A major disadvantage of commercial farming is that a huge _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is required to market the produce.

investment

Under plantation farming, only those crops that fetch money are sold, hence these crops are known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ crops.

cash

In mixed farming, cows and goats are reared for milk and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

meat

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), under the leadership of Dr. Verghese Kurien, launched ‘_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’ in 1970.

Operation Flood

Operation Flood was also called ‘_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’, inspired by the white colour of milk.

White Revolution

India is the world’s second largest producer of both _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and wheat.

rice

In mixed farming, natural fertilizers and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are obtained from the farm animals.

manure

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