ECOFRIENDLY AGRICULTURAL PRACTISES

AGRICULTUREAgriculture is the

cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other

life forms for food, fibre, and other

products used to sustain life. Agriculture

was the key development in the rise

of sedentary human civilization, whereby

farming of domesticated species

created food surpluses that nurtured the development of

civilization. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science.

FARMING FARMING

SHIFTING AGRICULTURE

SUBISTENCE AGRICULTUR

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INTENSIVE FARMING

EXTENSIVE FARMING

PLANTATION AGRICULTURE

COMMERCIAL

AGRICULTURE

TYPES OF AGRICULTURE

SHIFTING AGRICULTUREShifting agriculture

is also known as slash and burn

cultivation.

(i) Shifting agriculture is practiced by

tribal communities of tropical forest

lands.

(ii) The people make a small

clearing in the forest by cutting

the trees and burning them.

(iv) It causes soil erosion.

SUBSISTENCE FARMINGIn subsistence

agriculture, farmer and his family produce

cereals for themselves only

or for local market.

Cereals like wheat, rice, millets are

mainly raised. This is practiced in most parts of

India even today.

INTENSIVE FARMING(i) Intensive

farming aims at maximum possible

production on the limited farms

with all efforts possible under

the circumstances.

(ii) Intensive farming is

capable of raising more than one

crop a year.

(iii) It is practiced in most parts of

densely populated areas.

EXTENSIVE FARMING(i) It is the

modern system of

farming done on large farms.

(ii) It is also known as

mechanical farming due to extensive

use of machines.

(iii) Extensive farm raises

only one crop a year.

PLANTATION AGRICULTURE(i) In

plantation agriculture, bush or tree farming is

done on huge areas.

(ii) It is capital-

centered and needs good managerial

ability, technical

knowledge, improved

machineries, fertilizers,

irrigation and transport facilities.

COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE(i) Commercial Agriculture is

practiced to raise crops on a large scale with a view to export them to other countries

and earn money.

(ii) It is done mostly in sparsely populated areas.

(iii) Purpose of commercial

agriculture is to sell the produce for

money.

AGRICULTURAL PRACTISESThe term Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) can refer to any collection of specific methods, which when applied to agriculture, results that are in harmony with the values of the proponents of those practices. There are numerous competing definitions of what methods constitute "Good Agricultural Practices", so

whether a practice can be considered "good" will depend on the standards you are applying.The remainder of this article describes one particular definition of "Good Agricultural Practices" as defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. 

TYPES OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTISES

HORICULTURE

ROTATION OF

CROPS

HORICULTUREHorticulture is the 

art, science, technology and 

business of intensive plant cultivation for human use. It is

practiced from the individual level in a

garden up to the activities of a multinational

corporation. It is very diverse in its

activities, incorporating plants

for food.

CROP ROTATIONCrop rotation is the practice of

growing a series of dissimilar

types of crops in the same area in

sequential seasons.

Crop rotation confers various benefits to the

soil. A traditional element of crop rotation is the replenishment

of nitrogen through the use of green

manure in sequence with

cereals and other crops.

ORGANIC FARMING

NATURE FARMING

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

PERMACULTURE

ECOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE

BIODYNOMIC AGRICULTURE

ECOFRIENDLY AGRICULTURAL PRACTISES

ORGANIC FARMINGOrganic

farming is the form of 

agriculture that relies on

techniques such as crop rotation, green manure, 

compost and biological pest control

. Organic farming uses fertilizers and pesticides but

excludes or strictly limits

the use of manufactured

(synthetic) fertilizers

NATURE FARMINGNatural

farming is an ecological farming  The title refers

not to lack of labour, but to

the avoidance of manufactured inputs and

equipment., Eco

agriculture and permacult

ure but should be

distinguished from biodyna

mic agriculture.

REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE

Regenerative Agriculture

reminds us of the true importance of farmers in our

society. The ridiculous image of the farmer as hick and redneck is forgotten. We remember that

agriculture is the foundation of all civilization, that

when you improve

agriculture, you elevate the

whole society.

PERMACULTUREPermaculture is

a theory of ecological design which seeks to

develop sustainable

human settlements and

agricultural systems, by

attempting to model them on

natural ecosystems. Permaculture draws from

several other disciplines

including organic farming,

agroforestry .

BIODYNOMIC AGRICULTURE

Biodynamic agriculture is a method of organic

farming that emphasizes the holistic

development and

interrelationships of the soil, plants and animals

as a self-sustaining

system.

SO THESE ALL WERE ECO FRIENDLY AGRICULTURAL PRACTISES !

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