Characteristics of Truck Farming/Vegetable Farming:
1. Under this type of agriculture, cultivation of such profitable agricultural crops (fruit and vegetables) is done, which are in demand in the nearby urban regions.
2. More capital and intensive labour is required in this type of farming.
3. Size of fields is small under this farming and these fields are directly related through the excellent modes of transport with those nearby towns where these agricultural products are needed and consumed.
4. In this farming occupation, abundant irrigation, fertilizers, high yielding variety of seeds and insecticides are used.
5. Those regions in which the farmer grows only vegetables is called a truck farm. As the distance from the truck farm to the market is covered by the truck in maximum one night, therefore this type of farming is called truck farming.
