How application of scientific knowledge has made agriculture possible in arid zone dry land and hill?

In dry lands with red soil, deep ploughing helps in conserving water. A variety of crops and cropping patterns allow the farmer to make a proper choice of what to grow in different climate and soil types. There is a solution to the agricultural problem of the hilly regions.

Which farming is practiced in arid regions?

Nomadic Herding: In this type of farming, cattle, sheep, goat and camel are reared. The herdsmen move from place to place with their animals in search of new pastures. Nomadic herding is practiced in the semi-arid and arid regions of Sahara, Central Asia and some parts of India (like Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir).

What are other methods of farming in semi-arid regions?

Changing cropping patterns, irrigation, rearing livestock as mixed farming, and agro forestry based adaptation strategies are another means of income sources for the livelihoods of households in arid and semi-arid regions [19].

What invention made farming possible in dry areas in Mesopotamia?

irrigation canal
In the drier regions, agriculture was only possible with irrigation canal systems, which are attested from the mid-1st millennium BCE, including aqueducts.

What can be cultivated in dry land?

Dry farmed crops may include grapes, tomatoes, pumpkins, beans, and other summer crops. Dryland grain crops include wheat, corn, millet, rye, and other grasses that produce grains. These crops grow using the winter water stored in the soil, rather than depending on rainfall during the growing season.

Can we create arable land?

In rare cases, unarable land can be converted into arable land. New arable land makes more food, and can reduce starvation.

What is dry farming in agriculture?

dry farming, also called Dryland Farming, the cultivation of crops without irrigation in regions of limited moisture, typically less than 20 inches (50 centimetres) of precipitation annually. Moisture control during crop growing consists largely of destruction of weeds and prevention of runoff.

What is Practised in the semi-arid and arid regions of the world?

Nomadic herding is practised in the semi-arid and arid regions of Sahara, Central Asia and some parts of India, like Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. In this type of farming, herdsmen move from place to place with their animals for fodder and water, along defined routes.