HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

COMMERCIAL HORTICULTURE AND BIO INPUTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mr. X is a farmer who owns a small plot of land and very less machinery. He grows rice for a part of year and grows vegetables and fruits for the rest of the year to meet the needs of his family. What is he practicing?
A
Intensive subsistence farming
B
Shifting Cultivation
C
Primitive Farming
D
Mixed Farming
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Subsistence farming can be further classified as intensive subsistence and primitive subsistence farming. In intensive subsistence agriculture the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The Correct Answer is Intensive subsistence farming. In intensive subsistence farming, the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -farmer. noun. someone who owns a farm or manages it as their job.

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