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about 10 per cent of the world’s fruit. India
has the world’s largest cattle population.
Horticulture, animal husbandry, dairying,
and fisheries are also a part of agriculture.
Types of Agriculture
There are four types of agriculture in India.
These are shifting agriculture, subsistence
agriculture, plantation agriculture, and
mixed farming.
Shifting Agriculture
The farmer clears a piece of land by
cutting or burning trees, grow crops for a
few years and then move to a new area
when the soil loses its fertility. When
The work of the farmers starts with the farmers shift and clear a fresh patch of land
first showers of monsoon rains in the for cultivation, this method of farming is
month of June and July. Over the six known as shifting agriculture. The tribal
decades, remarkable progress has been people of the north-eastern states of India
made in farming methods and also in the practise this type of farming.
total production of crops. It also provides
raw material for the industries. Agriculture
also fetches a lot of foreign exchange.
Thus, agriculture is the most important
occupation of the people of India.
Shi ing agriculture
Subsistence Agriculture
Farming on a small piece of land using
traditional methods to grow food mainly
for the farmer's family, not for selling in
Farming
markets is called subsistence agriculture .
In the world, India is the largest producer
of milk, coconut, tea, etc. India is the Plantation Agriculture
second-largest producer of wheat, rice, In plantation agriculture crops are grown
sugar, groundnuts, etc. India produces on large pieces of land called estates .
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