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Similarities between the information technology industry in Bangalore and Silicon Valley in California: Bangalore is located on Deccan Plateau, Si...
Cotton textile industry expanded rapidly in Mumbai initially because of the presence of a lot of favorable conditions. Warm and moist climate, a port ...
Ships, trains, trucks, and automobiles are made largely of steel. From safety pins to big ships are made from steel. Oil wells are drilled with...
The location of industries is affected by the availability of raw material, land, water, labour, power, capital, transport, and market.
Industry refers to economic activity that is concerned with the production of goods, extraction of minerals, or provision of services.
Munna Lal’s farmland is fertile and he grows two crops in a year - wheat or rice and pulses. He purchases high yielding varieties of seeds from the ma...
Agricultural production can be increased by increasing area under cultivation and by increasing the number of crops grown in a year. Agricultural prod...
The advantages in mixed cropping are 1. Greater stability of yield over different seasons 2. Better use of growth resources 3. Better control of...
Mixed cropping involves the simultaneous growing of two or more crops intermingled on the same land. Mixed farming is the combining of two independent...
The three categories of Commercial farming are Commercial Grain Farming; Mixed Farming and Plantation Agriculture.
In commercial Farming crops are grown and animals are reared for sale in the market, that is, for commercial purposes, while in Subsistence farming cr...
Nomadic herding is practised in the semi-arid and arid (dry) regions of Sahara, Central Asia and some parts of India, like Rajasthan and Jammu and Kas...
Subsistence farming is practised to meet the needs of the farmer’s family. Low levels of technology and household labour are used to produce a small o...
Farming can be broadly classified into 2 categories, namely Subsistence Farming and Commercial Farming.
Agriculture, Sericulture, Pisciculture, Viticulture and Horticulture are the different kinds of cultivation. (i) Agriculture is cultivation on the s...
Geographically, arable land is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops.
The word agriculture is the English adaptation of the Latin word ‘agricultura’. ‘Ager’ means field and ‘cultura’ means cultivation; in the strict sens...
All activities connected with the manufacturing of goods with natural resources can be classified under Secondary activities. Manufacturing of steel, ...
The work or activities done by the people can be classified into 3 Sectors – Primary, secondary and tertiary.
Commercial farming is the practice in which crops are grown exclusively for commercial purpose, i.e. for sale in the market. A large area is cultivate...