Commercial farming includes all of the following except . A. the use of pesticides B. shifting cultivation C. hybridized seeds D. the use of tractors and machinery Please select the best answer from the choices provided. A B C D

Commercial farming includes all of the following except shifting cultivation

Option: B

Explanation:

Commercial farming refers to the practice of farming in large holdings of farm with modern machineries, huge man power, adequate technological and financial support. For e.g. Wheat production in Canada. Mainly produced in temperate grassland.

Shifting cultivation refers to the taking a plot, clear the plot fully by burning the scrubs and occupy the field for production. The ashes mixed with the soil and make it fertile. But after one cropping season nutritious level of the soil goes down and farmers used to leave that place in search of a new land.

for many centuries there were important factors which the economies of the muslim empires developed increasingly. they applied economic procedures in production, investment, finance, taxation and property. they used to tax certain goods (for example: harvest), they charged interest on money lent, they signed contracts with merchants; they relied on a common currency, and they used checks as well as promissory notes. with the money collected by means of taxation, the government provided the needy with an income. in addition, trading networks covered huge distances, so far regions started to have contact and exchange goods. this trade network covered areas of asia, africa and europe.

the correct answer is c.