HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

GENERAL AGRICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Identify the correct pair of extensive agricultural practices
A
Cattle ranching and Mediterranean agriculture
B
Plantation agriculture and specialized horticulture
C
Shifting cultivation and nomadic herding
D
Intensive rice cultivation and subsistence farming
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Primitive subsistence agriculture. Shifting cultivation and nomadic herding are two types of primitive subsistence farming.

Detailed explanation-2: -Subsistence agriculture can be classified into two types-intensive subsistence agriculture and primitive subsistence agriculture. Primitive subsistence agriculture can be divided into two types-shifting, or slash and burn farming, and nomadic herding.

Detailed explanation-3: -Extensive farming is most commonly means raising sheep and cattle in areas with low agricultural productivity, but includes large-scale growing of wheat, barley, cooking oils and other grain crops in areas like the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mixed farming. This involves the rearing of livestock and crops together. Plantation agriculture. Sometimes also known as commercial agriculture, plantation farming is about growing a single cash crop for large-scale markets. Subsistence farming. Dry land & wet land farming.

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