The process of growing crops and rearing animals for food and raw materials like vegetables, fruits, milk, fibre, meat etc. is called farming. Under the broad spectrum of agriculture, farming is considered a small category which involves production of flowers, fruits, biofuels, drugs, fibres, nursery plants, manure and leather.
The different types of farming systems practiced in India are:
Subsistence farming, Shifting agriculture, Plantation agriculture, Intensive farming, Dry agriculture, mixed farming, crop rotation, sedentary farming, Terrace cultivation.
