Explain any four characteristics ofcommercial farming in India.
Ans. Major characteristics of commercialfarming in India are given below
(i) Commercial farming is crop selective and aim for industrial inputs or export oriented.
(ii) Intensive application of modern technologies.
(iii) Intensive use of modern inputs like High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds, chemical fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides etc to increase productivity.
’ (iv) Commercial farming induces development
activities in transport, connectivity and processing industries.