HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -This was the birth of commercial agriculture. More developed nations tend to have commercial agriculture with a goal to produce food for sale in the global marketplace called agribusiness.

Detailed explanation-2: -Commercial farming includes commercial grain farming, mixed farming and plantation agriculture (Fig 4.5). In commercial grain farming crops are grown for commercial purpose. Wheat and maize are common commercially grown grains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Contract farming (CF) has long been practiced but is becoming increasingly common in both developed and developing countries with the heightened interest of consumers in food safety and quality.

Detailed explanation-4: -Gujarat, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra are the states that practice commercial farming the most. Wheat, maize, tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, corn, bananas, and cotton are the principal commercial crops harvested in India.