HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
Question
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A farmer in China is most likely to be a(n)
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extensive subsistence farmer
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nomadic herder
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intensive subsistence farmer
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shifting cultivator
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hunter and gatherer
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -China’s small-scale and subsistence household farms across the country are rapidly fading. For thousands of years the foundation of Chinese agriculture and a fixture of China’s vast countryside, they are now being replaced by the large-scale and mechanized operations so common in the Global North.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rice, maize and wheat are the three major crops, and the production of these three crops accounts for more than 90% of China’s total food production.
Detailed explanation-3: -Intensive subsistence farming is best developed in the monsoon lands of Asia. This type of agriculture can be found in China, Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
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