Question

Monoculture is a typical characteristic of ________.

• A. Shifting cultivation
• B. Commercial grain farming
• C. Subsistence farming
• D. Specialized horticulture

Answer 1

The correct option is B Commercial grain farming

Monoculture is a typical characteristics of Commercial grain farming.

Monoculture is the agricultural practice of producing or growing a single crop, plant, or livestock species, variety, or breed in a field or farming system at a time focussing commercial gains.

Monoculture is widely used in both industrial farming and organic farming and has allowed increased efficiency in planting and harvest.

Polyculture, where more than one crop is grown in the same space at the same time, is the alternative to monoculture.