6. Differentiate between (a) Extensive and Intensive agriculture (b) Subsistence and Shifting agriculture (c) Food crops and Cash crops del he
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a) Intensive Farming refers to an agricultural system, wherein there is high level use of labor and capital, in comparison to the land area. Extensive Farming is a farming system, in which large farms are being cultivated, with moderately lower inputs, i.e. capital and labor. It is followed in densely populated region.
b) Subsistence agriculture is agriculture practised on a small scale. ... Subsistence farming is settled agriculture. On the other hand, shifting agriculture is a slash and burn method of cultivation where the farmer uses a plot of land for a certain period of time after destroying the natural vegetation of that land.
c)An agricultural crop that is grown for sale to return a profit is called a cash crop and an agricultural crop that is grown for human consumption is called a food crop. The major purpose of food crops is mainly to feed the farmers