HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

GENERAL AGRICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is generally NOT a typical practice in growing rice in Asia?
A
preparing and terracing fields with a plow drawn by oxen
B
flooding the plowed field with water
C
growing seedlings in a nursery
D
transplanting seedlings into the flooded field
E
machine harvesting and winnowing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -For example, pastoral nomadism is the predominant type of agriculture in Southwest Asia and North Africa, corresponding to a dry climate, while shifting cultivation is the primary type of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rice is grown as a primitive subsistence agricultural crop in West Bengal and Odisha because of the natural availability of every condition. Wheat is a primitive subsistence crop of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, because of favourable conditions, but this same crop is grown commercially in Punjab and Haryana.

Detailed explanation-3: -In intensive subsistence agriculture, the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour. Subsistence agriculture is the type of farming in which crops grown are consumed by the grower and his family.

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