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Question
Identify the feature of mixed farming from the following:
Options
It is most advanced and efficient type of reading milch animals.
Equal emphasis is laid on crop cultivation and animal husbandry.
It was introduced by the Europeans in colonies.
The regions where farmers specialised in vegetables only.
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Solution
Equal emphasis is laid on crop cultivation and animal husbandry.
Explanation:
First option is the feature of dairy farming; second option is the feature of mixed farming, third option is the feature of plantation agriculture and fourth option is the feature of truck farming.
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