2. Occupations
• About three-fourth of the population in Asia
depend on agriculture for their livelihood.
• Farming – China-Because of good soil and climate
• Nomadic herders- South-West Asia and Central
Asia
• Lumbering-Coniferous belt in Siberia
• Fishing –Coastal regions around Japan
• Mining & Manufacturing- Japan, China, India and
Asiatic Russia.
3. Agriculture
• The most common type of agriculture is the
intensive subsistence agriculture.
• Small plots
• Manures and irrigation is practised for yield.
• Rotation of crops to maintain fertility of soil.
• Lot of manual labour
• Involvement of family members and very less
surplus crops are grown.
• Found in China, India, Southeast Asia
4. Extensive Commercial Agriculture
• Large farms
• Use of machines for ploughing and harvesting
• Small number of labour.
• Crops meant for sale.
• Practised in steppe grasslands of Siberia and
irrigated lands of central Asia.
5. Plantation Agriculture
• Large area planted with same crop
• Work is organised as in industry.
• They have factories to process the product for
sale.
• Eg. Tea, Coffee, Rubber are grown in
plantations.
• These crops continue to yield for 30-40 years
or more.
6. Shifting Agriculture
• Practised by the tribal people of India,
Malaysia and Indonesia.
• Forest are cleared by setting fire to the trees
and clearings are used for growing mainly root
crops.
• The land regains its fertility after 2 to 3 years.
• The tribal people again migrate to these land.
7. Chief Crops
• Rice- India, China, Indonesia and Countries of
Southeast Asia.
• Wheat- Tropical regions such as north India,
parts of China, Russia, North China and South-
west Asia.
• Millets, pulses and oil seeds- rain-fed crops
• Tropical crops- Sugarcane and Tea plant
• Non-food crops- Cotton, Jute, Silk
9. Industries
• Manufacturing industries have been developed in
Japan, Russia, China and India.
• Japan produces wide range range of
manufactured goods from iron and steel to
electronic goods and computers.
• Asiatic part of Russia has a few industries in
western Siberia, China has diversified industries
based on agricultural and mineral raw materials.
• Rapid growth shown in China in last 20 years.
10. • India has established number of modern
industries like steel plants, Chemical
industries, textiles, fertilisers, cement, thermal
power, atomic power, heavy engineering,
electrical and electronic industries.
• Industries not developed in South-west and
South-east Asia.
• Singapore has grown as large business,
industrial and tourism centre.
11. Population
• Asia has about 60 per cent of the world’s
population, making it the most populous
continent.
• Concentration of people in eastern and
southern parts of Asia.
• Most populous countries of the world are also
located here.
