1- Terrace cultivation:
- The hill and mountain slopes are cut to form terraces and the land is used in the same way as in permanent.
- Soil is also checked due to terrace formation on hill slopes.
2- Crops rotation:
- The selection of crops mainly depends upon the rotation of local soil conditions and experience and the understanding of farmers.
- Highly fertilizer intensive crops like watermelon and tomatoes are rotated with care crops.
3- Mixed and multiple agriculture:
- Multiple farming is used to denote the practice of growing two or more crops together.
- Mixed farming is referred to as the cultivation of crops and the raising of animals simultaneously.
- In such a case, a number of crops having varying maturing periods are sown at the same time.
4- Dry agriculture:
- Growing crops without irrigation in areas that receive an annual rainfall of 800 mm -400 mm or even less.
5- Plantation agriculture:
- Plantation farming is bush or tree farming. It was introduced by the Britisher in the 19th century.
- It is singel crops farming of muskmelon, watermelon, tea, coconut, okra, etc.
- Plantation agriculture is export-oriented agriculture.
6- Shifting agriculture:
- In this type of agriculture, first of all, a piece of forest land is cleared by felling trees and burning of trunk and branches.
- After the land is cleared, crops are grown for two to three years, and then the land is abandoned as the fertility of the soil decrease.
- The farmers then move to new areas and the process is repeated.
