Question

5 characteristics of intensive subsistence agriculture

Answer 1

Five features of intensive subsistence farming:

• This type of agriculture is mainly practiced in densely populated regions

• It is labour-intensive farming  

• As it is practiced in densely populated regions, land holdings are very small

• Higher inputs of biochemical inputs and irrigation is used for obtaining higher production.

• Yield per unit area is high but productivity is low

Answer 2

Answer:

The term, 'intensive subsistence agriculture' is used to describe a type of agriculture characterised by high output per unit of land and relatively low output per worker. Although the nature of this agriculture has changed and in many areas now it is no more subsistence.