Farming method ...........

Geography Agriculture

Farming method Definition

1. Contour farming i .The practice of ploughing across a slope following its elevation outline

2. Subsidiary farming ii. The practice of cutting and clearing forests for cultivation for a short period before going elsewhere.

3. Subsistence farming iii. Settled farming in river banks and streams in addition to gathering and hunting.

4. Shifting cultivation iv. Farming only for family needs and not commercial purposes.

Match the following methods of farming with their definition.Choose the correct answer by using the codes given below.

1-iii, 2-iv, 3-ii, 4-i

1-iv, 2-iii, 3-i, 4-ii

1-i, 2-iii, 3-iv, 4-ii

1-iv, 2-ii, 3-iii, 4-i

option 3

Contour farming is the practice of tillage, planting, and other farming operations performed on or near the contour of the field slope.
subsistence farming, form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer's family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade.
In shifting agriculture, after two or three years of producing vegetable and grain crops on cleared land, the migrants abandon it for another plot.