Question

Growing two or three different crops in one agricultural field at the same time is called

• A. Intensive farming
• B. Subsistence farming
• C. Land use
• D. Commercial farming

Answer 1

The correct option is A Intensive farming

Intensive Subsistence Farming

This is yet another variation of subsistence farming. In this method, cultivation happens across larger areas of land and thus, it is labor intensive. Also, to get a high quantity of produce chemical fertilizers and different irrigation methods are used to yield more crops.

Crops grown: Intensive subsistence farming yields two types of crops- wet and dry. While the wet crops include paddy, the dry ones vary from wheat, pulses, maize, millets, to sorghum, soya-beans, tubers, and vegetables.