'Truck farming' is associated with

Question

UnlockIAS · Accepted Answer

Correct — A, Vegetables. Truck farming (also called market gardening) is the intensive commercial cultivation of vegetables and some fruits on farms located close to large urban markets, so the highly perishable produce can be quickly 'trucked' to city consumers while fresh. It is labour- and capital-intensive, using irrigation and fertiliser heavily on relatively small plots — the opposite of extensive grain farming.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Milk production is dairy farming, a distinct type of commercial livestock farming, not truck farming.  (c) Cereal cultivation on a commercial scale is extensive commercial grain farming (e.g. wheat farming on the North American Prairies or Russian Steppes) — large, mechanised, low-labour farms, the opposite profile of truck farming.  (d) Poultry rearing is a form of commercial livestock/poultry farming, unrelated to the vegetable-focused truck-farming category.

Concept: Truck farming (market gardening) is one of the standard types of commercial farming taught alongside extensive grain farming, mixed farming and plantation agriculture. It is defined by growing vegetables (and some fruit) intensively on small holdings near cities, so produce reaches markets quickly while still fresh — the name comes from the 'trucking' (transporting) of the harvest to nearby urban markets.

State PCS 2021 Q15 — Geography PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q15 — Geography PYQ with Answer