Question

Difference between intensive and primitive subsistence farming

Answer 1

Answer:

Primitive Subsistence:-

1. It is practised on small patches of land.

2. Primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family community labour are used.

3. In this type of farming, farmers depend on the monsoons and natural fertility of the soil.

4. Land productivity in this type of agriculture is low

Intensive Subsistence :-

I. It is practised on bigger land holdings.

2. Modern inputs like HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides, etc., to obtain higher productivity are used.

3. In intensive subsistence, irrigation facilities like tubewells and canal irrigation is used.

4. Land productivity is high as it is meant for commercial purposes