MEANINGS / DEFINITIONS :
Agriculture – Primary activity involving cultivation of crops, fruits, vegetables etc .
Subsistence Farming – Agriculture practiced only to meet the needs of farmer .
Nomadic Herding – Herdsmen moving from place to place with their animals .
Mixed Farming – Farming in which land is used for growing food and fodder crops .
Commercial Farming – Practice in which crops are grown exclusively for commercial purpose .
Food crops – Crops like rice, wheat, maize etc .
Fibre crops – Crops like jute and cotton .
Beverage crops – Crops like tea and coffee .
Mechanisation – Process of using machines more than human labour .
Tertiary − third in order of level
Plantations − a type of commercial farming
Cultivation − prepare and use land before growing anything
Irrigation − large scale watering of plants
Staple diet − main food
Loamy soil −fertile soil of clay and sand
Peasant − farmer
Topography − physical features of an area
Horticulture −garden cultivation and management
Humidity − amount of water vapour in the air
Rearing − bringing up