in arid areas, where irrigation facilities are lacking. Crops cultivated in these areas can withstand dry conditions. The crops grown generally with the help of irrigation are also grown under dry farming. In such circumstances, the yields are generally low.
Most of the areas under dry cultivation entertain only one crop per year. e) Mixed Farming Mixed farming is defined as a system of farm which includes crop production, raising livestock, poultry, fisheries, bee keeping, etc., to sustain and satisfy as many needs of the farmer as possible. Mixed Farming Agriculture f) Terrace Farming This type of cultivation is practiced specially in hilly areas, where lands are of a sloping nature. The hill and mountain slopes India - Agriculture Rice in India is sown in three ways: i) Broadcasting, ii) Ploughing or drilling iii) Transplanting Due to increased use of High Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds (CR Dhan , AR Dhan , CRR etc.), many of the indigenous varieties had disappeared.
In , the first leading rice producing states were West Bengal (First in India) Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam and Haryana. Wheat Wheat is the second most important food crop of the country, after rice. It accounts for percent of the total area and are cut to form terraces and the land is used in the same way as in permanent agriculture. Since the availability of flat land is limited, terraces are made to provide small patches of level land.
Soil erosion is also checked due to terrace formation on hill slopes.