Difference between commercial farming and subsistence farming?
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- Commercial farming is mainly practised in developed countries whereas subsistence farming in less developed or developing countries.
- Commercial farming is cultivated for profits whereas subsistence farming is for the consumption of the farmerand his/her family.
- Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmersgrow food crops to feed themselves and their families.
- In subsistence agriculture, farm output is targeted to survival and is mostly for local requirements with little or no surplus trade.
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COMMERCIAL FARMING
Commercial Farming, or otherwise called as agribusiness is a farming method in which the crops are raised, and cattle are reared with the aim of selling the produce in the market, so as to earn money.
In this type of agriculture, a huge amount of capital is invested, and crops are grown on a large scale in huge farms, with the use of modern technology, machines, irrigation methods, and chemical fertilizers. The basic feature of commercial farming is that high doses of modern inputs are used for higher productivity, such as high yielding variety seeds, fertilizers, insecticides, pesticides, weedicides, etc
SUBSISTENCE FARMING
The type of agriculture, wherein crop growing and livestock rearing is performed, to fulfil the needs of the farmer and his family, it is called subsistence farming. Before industrialization, there are many people who depend on the subsistence farming to fulfil their needs.
In this farming, there is less use of modern agricultural techniques and methods, the holding size is small and manual labours, which can be the family members of the farmers, help in the process of crop production. The output produced is primarily used for local consumption, with little to no surplus trade. The surplus produced (if any) is sold to nearby markets. The decision of cropping is based on the needs of the family in the coming time and its market price.