agriculture

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    • wheat temp
      16-22C
    • rice is grown in
      punjab, harayana, UP, rajasthan,
    • rice climate
      high temp, high humidity
    • rice rainfall
      above 100 cm
    • rice temp
      20-27C
    • zaid crops examples

      watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetable, fodder crops
    • zaid crops are sown and harvested in

      between rabi and kharif season (march-june)
    • kharif crops are grown in

      odisha, andhra pradesh, telengana, tamil nadu, kerala, maharashtra, UP, bihar, punjab, harayana
    • kharif crops are harvested in
      onset of fall (sept-oct)
    • kharif crops are sown in
      onset of monsoon (may-july)
    • rabi crops are grown in
      punjab, harayana, himachal pradeesh, jammu, kashmir, uttarakhand, and uttar pradesh
    • rabi crop examples
      wheat, barley, peas, grams, mustard
    • rabi crops are harvested in
      start of summer (april-june)
    • rabi crops are sown in
      starts of winter (oct-dec)
    • plantation farming requires
      large number of migrant laborersgood network of transportproper market facilities
    • capital intensive inputs used in plantation farming are
      tractors and other modern tech
    • plantation farming production is basically
      single crop grown on a very large scale
    • plantation farming is done to?
      produce raw materials for agrarian industries
    • commercialization in commercial farming
      farming and degree of commercialization depends from one area to another due to climate, facilities etc
    • main characterstics of commercial farming are?
      HYV seeds, good irrigation facilities, chemical fertilisers, insecticides, pesticides
    • commercial farming includes
      use of modern tech
    • commercial farming is a

      large scale practice
    • intensive subsistence farming includes

      use of biochemicals, intensive irrigation
    • intensive subsistence farming is
      labor intensive
    • intensive subsistence farming is carried out

      because of high population pressure on land
    • define primitive subsistence farming

      farmers clear patches of forest land, burn it for their agricultural practice, when the fertility decreases they shift to different land for a few years, carry out the same activity, this allows nature to replenish the fertility of soil.
    • primitive subsistence farming is also known as
      slash and burn culture
    • primitive subsistence farming's production is for
      self consumption only
    • primitive subsistence farming's requirements?
      it is dependent on nature entirely for rainfall and soil fertility etc
    • primitive subsistence farming labor?
      family or community labor
    • tools used for primitive subsistence farming
      primitive tools likehoedaosticks
    • primitive subsistence farming is carried out by?
      small farmers on small patches of land
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