10th Class Social Science Agriculture Question Bank 10th CBSE Social Science Agriculture

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      Differentiate between commercial farming and plantation farming.

    Answer:

       
    Commercial farming Plantation farming
    1. It is practiced on small patches of land. 2. Primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family community labour are used. 3. In this type of farming, farmers depend on the monsoons and natural fertility of the soil. 4. Land productivity in this type of agriculture is low. 1. It is practiced on bigger land holdings. 2. Modern inputs like HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers, insecticides, etc., to obtain higher productivity are used. 3. In intensive subsistence, irrigation facilities like tubewells and canal irrigation is used. 4. Land productivity is high as it is meant for commercial purposes.
                                         


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