HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE AND BIO INPUTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ is a primitive form of agriculture which is carried out mainly by moving along with sheep, cattle, goats, camels and horses in definite routes rearing them.
A
Subsistence Farming
B
Mixed farming
C
Nomadic Herding
D
Sericulture
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nomadic herding is sometimes considered a form of subsistence agriculture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Primitive subsistence agriculture is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family/ community labour. This type of farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions to the crops grown.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nomadic herding is a type of primitive subsistence farming. Nomads are people who travel from one place to another. The migration from one region to another to escape intense climates is known as nomadic herding.

Detailed explanation-4: -The types are: 1. Migratory Primitive Subsistence agriculture 2. Sedentary Primitive Subsistence agriculture.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nomadic Herding – the wandering, but controlled movement of livestock, solely dependent on natural forage – is the most extensive type of land use system. Sheep and goats are the most common with cattle, horses and yaks locally important.

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