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Question
Give information about intensive farming.
Answer in Brief
Solution
Getting maximum production from a minimum area is the characteristic of intensive farming.
- Due to large population or limited availability of land, per head holding is small.
- This type of farming is mostly seen in developing regions.
- Farm production is sufficient only for the requirement of the family.
- In this type of farming, the cultivator and his family are totally dependent on farming. As farm production is low, the economic condition of the cultivator is also poor.
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In this type of farming, mostly animate energy is used.
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Besides the cereals, vegetables are also grown to some extent.
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Chapter 6.3: Agriculture - Exercises [Page 139]
