Given below are the characteristics of different types of farming, namely, Subsistence farming, Intensive farming and Shifting agriculture.
Subsistence Farming
Intensive Farming
Shifting Agriculture
Type | Related to |
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Agriculture | Cultivation of the soil and rearing of animals |
Horticulture | Cultivation of fruits, vegetables, flowers, nuts, ornamental plants |
Floriculture | Cultivation of flowers |
Arboriculture | Cultivation of trees and shrubs |
Apiculture | Bee keeping |
Aquaculture | Cultivation or rearing of aquatic plants and animals |
Aviculture | Rearing of birds |
Pisciculture | Rearing of fish |
Pomiculture | Growing of fruits |
Sericulture | Breeding of silkworms |
Viniculture/Viticulture | Cultivation of grapevines |