HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -subsistence farming, form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade.

Detailed explanation-2: -As margins were squeezed alternative crops were introduced onto farms. Collectively, these were known as break crops and they fall into two categories: a) combinable break crops such as oilseed rape, peas and beans and b) non-combinable break crops such as sugar beet, potatoes, field scale vegetables and grass.

Detailed explanation-3: -Crop rotation is the practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area across a sequence of growing seasons. It reduces reliance on one set of nutrients, pest and weed pressure, and the probability of developing resistant pests and weeds.