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Question
Differentiate between the following:
Truck farming and orchard farming.
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Solution
Truck farming :
- The American farmers call ‘market gardening’ as truck farming because they send fruits and vegetables daily to the markets by means of truck
- Climatic condition is not an important factor in truck farming.
Orchard farming :
- Mediterranean lands are the well-known orchard lands of the world. Orchard farming is concerned with growing of fruits on a large scale.
- Climatic condition is the main factor in orchard farming so lots of care is needed at every stage.
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Long Answer Question:
The Mediterranean land is known as the ‘Land of Orchards’. In this context answer the question that follows:
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