Question

3. What are the features of intensive subsistence
agriculture?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The main characteristics of the intensive subsistence agriculture are as follows:

(i) Very small holdings:

(ii) Farming is very intensive:

(iii) Much hand labour is entailed:

(iv) Use of animal and plant manures:

(v) Dominance of padi and other food crops:

Answer 2

Answer:

Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.[1] Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no surplus.