Question

describe the human inputs which might make subsitence farming productive

Answer 1

Answer:

Subsistence farming generally uses a small area of land, family labour and basic tools. It is common in poorer areas, where lack of capital prevents increase in output. Commercial farming uses a large area of land, high capital input, skilled labour, developed machinery, improved seed varieties.

Answer 2

Explanation:

subsistence farming, form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade. Preindustrial agricultural peoples throughout the world have traditionally practiced subsistence farming. Some of these peoples moved from site to site as they exhausted the soil at each location. As urban centres grew, agricultural production became more specialized and commercial farming developed, with farmers producing a sizable surplus of certain crops, which they traded for manufactured goods or sold for cash.