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Explain the characteristics of intensive farming.

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  • The land holdings are usually small in a thickly populated area, farming is very intensive and produced more is known as “Intensive farming”. 
  • It is a labour and capital Intensive farming. 
  • Large amount of labour and capital is used on small land holding to get maximum production of crops. 
  • The available small piece of land is used for cultivation with irrigation facilities through out the year. 
  • In this system, farmers try to raise two or more crops, with careful tilling of the soil. 
  • Intensive agriculture is characterized by high yields per unit area and farmers try to get the maximum production from small land holdings. 
  • It is common in the fertile and irrigated parts of the country. 
  • In this type, agricultural operations are carried on by manual labour and animals. 
  • Rice is the main crop of Intensive farming.


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