Milpa and Ladang are different names for
- A.shifting cultivation.
- B.mixed farming.
- C.truck farming.
- D.plantation agriculture.
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, shifting cultivation. Milpa is the name for shifting cultivation in Mexico and Central America, and Ladang is its name in Malaysia and Indonesia.
In shifting cultivation, also called slash-and-burn farming, a patch of forest is cleared and the vegetation burnt, and the ash adds nutrients to the soil. Crops such as maize, millets, yams and dry rice are grown for a few years until the soil loses its fertility, and then the farmers move to a fresh patch, leaving the old one to recover. It is practised in thinly peopled forest areas of the tropics. In India it is called jhum in the North-East, podu in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, bewar in Madhya Pradesh and kumari in the Western Ghats; in Brazil it is roca.
B is wrong because mixed farming means growing crops and rearing livestock together. C is wrong because truck farming is the growing of vegetables for nearby city markets. D is wrong because plantation agriculture grows a single cash crop such as tea or rubber on large estates.
Exam tip: Milpa (Mexico), Ladang (Malaysia, Indonesia), Roca (Brazil), Jhum (North-East India).
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