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Differentiate between Nomadic herding and commercial livestock rearing, stating any five points of distinction.
The differences:
(i) Nomadic herding is a primitive subsistence activity while commercial grazing is more organized and capital intensive.
(ii) In nomadic herding, the nomads rely on animals for food, clothing and shelter whereas commercial rearing is associated with western culture.
(iii) Nomadic herders move from place to place in search of food and water whereas commercial ranches cover large area where they rear cattle permanently.
(iv) In nomadism, a wide variety of cattle are reared but in commercial grazing, it is a specialized activity with one type of animals.
(v) Pastoral nomadism is undertaken on vast horizontal movements but commercial grazing is stable and run on scientific basis.
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Which one of the following types of cultivation was developed by the European colonists?
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