The specialised cultivation of vegetables is known as________
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A
Co-operative Farming
B
Mixed Farming
C
Truck Farming
D
Collective Farming
Correct Answer
Truck Farming
Detailed Explanation
- Market gardening and horticulture specialise in the cultivation of high value crops such as vegetables, fruits and flowers, solely for the urban markets. Farms are small and are located where there are good transportation links with the urban centre where high income group of consumers is located.
- It is both labour and capital intensive and lays emphasis on the use of irrigation, HYV seeds, fertilisers, insecticides, greenhouses and artificial heating in colder regions.
- This type of agriculture is well developed in densely populated industrial districts of north west Europe, north eastern United States of America and the Mediterranean regions
- . The Netherlands specialises in growing flowers and horticultural crops especially tulips, which are flown to all major cities of Europe.
- The regions where farmers specialise in vegetables only, the farming is know as truck farming.
- The distance of truck farms from the market is governed by the distance that a truck can cover overnight, hence the name truck farming.
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