HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
GENERAL AGRICULTURE
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Question
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The process of growing crops in subsistence areas for sale in more developed countries is what type of farming?
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Slash-and-burn farming
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Plantation agriculture
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Intensive subsistence agriculture
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Shifting cultivation
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Commercial agriculture
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Subsistence agriculture can be classified into two types-Intensive subsistence agriculture and primitive subsistence agriculture.
Detailed explanation-2: -In subsistence agriculture, the grown crops are consumed locally. In Plantation agriculture, the crops are grown mainly for export, Hand holdings are generally small. Large areas are spread over thousands of acres owned by private firm or corporation. Cultivation is mainly done with human labour.
Detailed explanation-3: -The type of commercial farming in which a single crop is grown on a large area is called plantation. The major crops that are grown in the plantations are coffee, tea, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana, and cotton.
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