What is commercial farming ? Describe its main features.
(1) In commercial farming crops are grown and animals are reared for sale in the market, that is for commercial purposes. (2) Main features of commercial farming are as mentioned below : It is practiced on large patches of land. High yielding variety seeds, chemical fertiUsers, insecticides and pesticides are used to obtain higher productivity. Development of dense network of canal irrigation and tube wells have made possible to grow rice a commercial crop – in areas of less rainfall as Punjab and Haryana. Wheat, cotton, rice are grown on commercial basis. Plantation is also a type of commercial farming. In India tea, coffee, rubber, sugarcane, banana, etc. are plantation crops.
