_____ is non-Mediterranean agriculture region.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Central Africa
Mediterranean agriculture is highly specialised commercial agriculture. Besides the lands around the Mediterranean Sea, it is practised in a few distant regions.
Option (1) Southern California — A Mediterranean agriculture region.
Option (2) Central Chile — A Mediterranean agriculture region.
Option (3) South Western parts of Australia — A Mediterranean agriculture region.
Option (4) Central Africa — Not a Mediterranean agriculture region. In Africa, this type of farming is found only in the north (from Tunisia to the Atlantic coast) and in the south-western parts of South Africa.
NCERT (2026-27): “Mediterranean Agriculture Mediterranean agriculture is highly specialised commercial agriculture. It is practised in the countries on either side of the Mediterranean sea in Europe and in north Africa from Tunisia to Atlantic coast, southern California, central Chile, south western parts of South Africa and south and south western parts of Australia.” |