Agriculture

Agriculture is the art of farming crops and raising animals. A crop is any plant cared for by people.

Shifting Cultivation

Shifting cultivation is when farmers clear an area of plants and leave the land for a few years and come back when the soil is fertile again.

Pastoral Nomadism

Pastoral nomadism is herding domesticated animals.

Animals like camels, goats, horses and sheep are usually chosen for this.

Intensive Subsistence Agriculture

This type of farming takes a lot of effort to get the most out of a piece of land. These people are farming rice.

Plantation Farming

A plantation is a big farm that grows usually only one or two crops. Important crops include cocoa, bananas, coffee, and rubber

Grain Farming

Grains are seeds from different types of grasses like wheat, corn, oats, barley, rice, millet, and others. This is the most common type of crop grown on farms,