Distinguish between : Dry farming and wet farming. -SST 10th

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Dry farming  (i) Dry farming is that farming in which moisture is maintained by raising a special type of crops.  (ii) This is practised in dry areas of the country such as, North Western India.  (iii) Gram and peas are the important crops.  Wet farming  (i) Wet farming is a type of farming which depends mainly upon rain.  (ii) This type of far-ming is prevalent in the North, North-Eastern, Eastern India and the Western slopes of the Western Ghats.  (iii) Rice, jute, sugar-cane, etc., are the important crops.

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