Types of Farming system

 Classification of Farming Systems:

A) According to the Size of the Farm:

a) Collective farming.

b) cultivation farming: i) small scale farming ii) large scale farming.

B) According to the Proportion of Land, Labour and Capital Investment:

a) Intensive cultivation.

b) Extensive cultivation.

C) According to the Value of Products or Income or on the basis of Comparative

Advantages:

i) Specialized farming.

ii) Diversified farming.

iii) Mixed farming.

iv) Ranching.

v) Dry farming .

D) According to the Water Supply:

i) Rained farming.

ii) Irrigated farming.

E) According to:

I) Type of Rotation:

a) lay system:i)) unregulated lay farming

ii)) regulated lay system.

b) Field system.

c) Perennial crop system.

II) Intensity of the Rotation:

a) Shifting cultivation.

b) Lay or fallow farming.

c) Permanent cultivation.

d) Multiple cropping.

F) Classification According to Degree of Commercialization:

a) Commercialized farming.

b) Partly commercialized farming.

c) Subsistence farming.

G) Classification According to Degree of Nomadic:

a) Total nomadic.

b) Semi nomadic.

c) Partial nomadic.

d) Transhumant.

e) Stationary animal husbandry.

H) Classification According to Cropping and Animal Activities:

I) Classification According to Implements Used for Cultivation:

a) Spade farming.

b) Hoe farming.

c) Mechanized or tractor farming.