Commercial agriculture
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Transcript of Commercial agriculture
Practised in sparse population
Very few Manual labour required
Practised in tropical and sub tropical regions
Introduced by the European nations
The farms are huge and are called estates
A lot of manual labour is required and skilledlabour is imported
It is the commercial rearing of livestock like cattle, sheep, goats for meat, milk, wool, and other products.
The Rearing of dairy cattle to produce milk and milk products.
Dairy farming is practiced around urban areas.
Modern machinery and scientific methods of breeding are used.
It has developed in the Mediterranean regions, where winter rain and summer drought.
The south European countries like Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, and Greece, have large Scale orchards.
Orchard farming is a highly specialized commercial Agriculture.
Viticulture or grape cultivation is also a specialty of the Mediterranean regions.
Grapes are used for wine production.
This types of agriculture includes the growing of fruitsand flowers.
It is common in the European countries and in the USA
The Netherlands specializes in the production of tulips
Roses and marigolds are grown in India to cater To the big cities.
