NCERT Solutions Class 8th Geography Chapter – 3 Agriculture Question & Answer

Question (ii). Name the factors influencing agriculture?
Answer – Factors influencing agriculture:

• Favourable Topography
• Soil
• Climate
• Irrigation

Question (iii). What is shifting cultivation? What are its disadvantages?
Answer – In shifting agriculture a plot of land is cleared by felling trees and burning them. The ashes are then mixed with the soil and crops are grown. After the soil loses its fertility, the land is abandoned and the cultivators move to a new plot.
Disadvantages of shifting agriculture

• Soil erosion
• Depletion of forest

Question (iv). What is plantation agriculture?
Answer –

• Plantation agriculture is a type of commercial agriculture:
• It is a single crop farming which resembles factory production,
• A large amount of labour and capital is required.
• The produce may be processed on the farm itself or in factories.
• Crops like banana, rubber, tea, coffee, etc. are grown on plantations.

Question (v). Name the fiber crops and name the climatic conditions required for their growth.
Answer – The two fibre crops are cotton and jute. The conditions required for their cultivation

Answer – (a). growing of fruits and vegetables(ii) Golden fiber refers to
(a) tea
(b) cotton
(c) juteAnswer – (b). jute(iii) Leading producers of coffee
(a) Brazil
(b) India
(c) RussiaAnswer – (a). Brazil

 (2) Distinction between Subsistence and Intensive Farming.
Intensive farming is a part of subsistence farming. So both have a little difference. Still, some differences are:
Answer –

(ii). Find out the differences between the lifestyle of farmers in the USA and India on the basis of pictures collected from magazines, books, newspapers, and the internet.
Answer –