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India ranks second and China third in terms of agricultural land area.
Cultivation is often allowed to continue until trees shade crops due to canopy closure.
In this system of agriculture, lands are cultivated temporarily and then abandoned while cultivators shift to another plot.
In some areas, they use the practice of 'slash-and-burn' as their farming style.
Definition:
A type of farming that involves high inputs of labor, capital, and technology on a small piece of land to maximize crop yield per unit area.
Characteristics:
Use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and irrigation.
High use of machinery and improved seeds.
Multiple cropping and high-yielding varieties.
Requires significant investment and management.
Purpose:
To produce maximum output from limited land.
Common in densely populated areas with limited farmland.
China and Thailand are ranked second and third, respectively.
The three largest producers of cocoa in the world are Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia, respectively.
