Farming Systems in India are strategically utilized, according to the locations

where they are most suitable. The farming systems that significantly contribute
to the domestic GDP of India are subsistence farming, organic farming, and indus
trial farming.[1] Regions throughout India differ in types of farming they use;
some are based on horticulture, ley farming, agroforestry, and many more.[1] Due
to India's geographical location, certain parts experience different climates,
thus affecting each region's agricultural productivity differently. India is ver
y dependent on its monsoon-based periodic rainfall. If it weren't for large gove
rnment involvement in storage of water for agricultural irrigation, only some pa
rts of India would receive rainfall throughout the year, making many other regio
ns arid. Dependency on these monsoons is risky because there are great variation
s in the average amount of rainfall received by the various regions from too much
for most crops in the eastern Himalayas to never enough in Rajasthan. Season-toseason variations of rainfall are also significant and the consequences of these
are bumper harvests and crop searing.[2] For this reason, irrigation in India i
s one of the main priorities in Indian farming.
India agriculture has an extensive background which goes back to at least 10 tho
usand years. Currently the country holds the second position in agricultural pro
duction in the world. In 2007, agriculture and other industries such as lumberin
g and forestry made up more than 16% of India's GDP. Despite the steady decline
in agriculture's contribution to the country's GDP, India agriculture is the big
gest industry in the country and plays a key role in the socioeconomic growth of
the country. India is the second biggest producer of wheat, rice, cotton, sugar
cane, silk, groundnuts, and dozens more. It is also the second biggest harvester
of vegetables and fruit, representing 8.6% and 10.9% of overall production, res
pectively. The major fruits produced by India are mangoes, papayas, sapota, and
bananas. India also has the biggest number of livestock in the world, holding 28
1 million. In 2008, the country housed the second largest number of cattle in th
e world with 175 million.[3]. small and marginal farmers in india own not more t
han 2 hectares of land.

Agriculture in the United States is primarily governed by periodically renewed U

.S. farm bills. Governance is both a federal and a local responsibility with the
United States Department of Agriculture being the federal department responsibl
e. Government aid includes research into crop types and regional suitability as
well as many kinds of subsidies, some price supports and loan programs. U.S. far
mers are not subject to production quotas and some laws are different for farms
compared to other workplaces.

Labor laws prohibiting children in other workplaces provide some exemptions for
children working on farms with complete exemptions for children working on their
family's farm. Children can also gain permits from vocational training schools
or the 4-H club which allow them to do jobs they would otherwise not be permitte
d to do.
A large part of the U.S. farm workforce is made up of migrant and seasonal worke
rs, many of them recent immigrants from Latin America or aliens working under wo
rk permits. Additional laws apply to these workers and their housing which is of
ten provided by the farmer.