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Match the type of farming with the region where it is mainly practised. A. Intensive subsistence agriculture (i) Coffee in Brazil B. Plantations (ii) Temperate grasslands C. Shifting cultivation (iii) Monsoon region D. Commercial grain farming (iv) Tropical Africa Choose the correct option.

Match the type of farming with the region where it is mainly practised. A. Intensive subsistence agriculture (i) Coffee in Brazil B. Plantations (ii) Temperate grasslands C. Shifting cultivation (iii) Monsoon region D. Commercial grain farming (iv) Tropical Africa Choose the correct option. Correct Answer <span style="">A-(iii), B-(i), C-(iv), D-(ii)</span>

Intensive subsistence agriculture -the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour.

Key Points 

  • Intensive subsistence agriculture is prevalent in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions of south, southeast and east Asia.
  • Primitive subsistence agriculture includes shifting cultivation and nomadic herding.

Additional Information 

Shifting cultivation- is practised in the thickly forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of southeast Asia and Northeast India

  • A plot of land is cleared by felling the trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops like maize, yam, potatoes and cassava are grown.

Commercial farming crops- are grown and animals are reared for sale in the market.

  • The area cultivated and the amount of capital used are large.

Plantations- are a type of commercial farming where the single crops of tea, coffee, sugarcane, cashew, rubber, banana or cotton are grown.

  • Large amount of labour and capital are required. 

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