Agriculture in Pakistan Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions based on the lecture notes regarding agricultural types, methods, and practices in Pakistan.

Subsistence farming

Farming on small landholdings that produces just enough for a family to live on, typically involving small crops of different plants and a small number of animals.

Commercial farming

Large-scale farming aimed at making a profit, usually focusing on one main crop or type of livestock.

Manual farming

A farming method using human and animal labor, where fields are ploughed by animals and crops are harvested using sickles and gathered by hand.

Mechanised farming

The use of large machinery such as tractors and combine harvesters to farm land, typically requiring large landholdings.

Organic farming

A farming method using natural fertilisers like manure and compost and natural pest control methods such as crop rotation, avoiding chemical treatments.

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council

An organization that supports organic farming by providing training, bio-fertilisers, and indigenous seeds.

Indigenous seeds

Seeds from plants that have been grown in Pakistan for many centuries.

Bio-fertilisers

Natural fertilizing substances provided by the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council to promote safer, environment-friendly food production.

Crop rotation

A natural method of pest control used in organic farming as an alternative to chemical pesticides.

Sickles

Handheld tools used by manual farmers to harvest crops.

Chemical fertilisers and pesticides

Substances that have been subsidised by the Pakistan government since the $1960s$ to increase the country's food production.