ncert syllabus for class 8 lesson 4 agriculture

1. GEOGRAPHY
AGRICUTURE

2. TYPES OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

3. PRIMARY ACTIVITY
PRIMARY ACTIVITY INCLUDES ALL
THOSE CONNECTED WITH
EXTRACTION AND PRODUCTION OF
NATURAL RESOURCES.
AGRICULTURE , FISHING AND
GATHERING ARE GOOD EXAMPLES.

4. SECONDARY ACTIVITY
SECONDARY ACTIVITY ARE
CONCERNED WITH PROCESING
OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
MANUFACTURING OF STEEL ,
BAKIG OF BREAD AND WEAVING
OF CLOTH ARE GOOD
EXAMPLES.

5. TERTIARY ACTIVITY
TERTIARY ACTIVITY PROVIDE S
SUPPORT TO THE PRMARY AND
SECONDARY ACTIVITY THROUGH
SERVICES.
TRANSPORT , TRADE , BANKING ,
INSURANCE , AND ADVERTISING ARE
EXAMPLES OF TERTIARY ACTIVITY.

6. TYPES OF FARMING
FARMING
SUBSISTENCE COMMERCIAL

7. SUBSISTENCE FARMING
THIS TYPE OF FARMING IS
PRACTISED TO MEET THE
NEEDS OF THE FARMER’S
FAMILY.
TRADITIONALLY , LOW LEVELS
OF TECHNOLOGY AND
HOUSEHOLD LABOUR ARE USED
TO PRODUCE ON SMALL
OUTPUT.

8. SUBSISTENCE
FARMING
INTENSIVE PRIMITIVE

9. INTENSIVE SUBSISTENCE
FARMING
IN THIS TYPE OF FARMING THE FARMER
CULTIVATES A SMALL PLOT OF LAND
USING SIMPLE TOOLS AND MORE
LABOUR.
CLIMATE WITH LARGE NUMBER OF DAYS
WITH SUNSHINE AND FERTILE SOIL
PERMIT GROWING OF MORE THAN ONE
CROP ANUALLY O THE SAME PLOT.

10. PRIMITIVE
SUBSISTENCE
FARMING
SHIFTING
CULTIVATION
NOMADIC
HERDING

11. SHIFTING CULTIVATION
IT IS PRACTISED IN THE THICKLY
FORESTED AREAS OF AMAZON BASIN,
TROPICAL AFRICA, PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
ASIA AND NORTH EAST INDIA.
A PLOT OF LAND IS CLEARED BY FELLING
THE TREES AD BURNING THEM . THE
ASHES ARE THEN WITH THE SOIL AND
CROPS LIKE MAIZE , YAM , POTATOES ARE
GROWN.

12. NOMADIC HERDING
IT IS PRACTISED IN THE SEMI ARID AND
ARID REGIONS OF SAHARA , CENTRAL
ASIA AND SOME PARTS OF NDIA , LIKE
RAJASTHAN JAMMU AND KASHMIR .
IN THI TYPE OF FARMING , HERDSMEN
MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE WITH
THEIR ANIMALS FOR FODDER AND WATER.