Question

Different between intensive subsistance and commercial farming

Answer 1

In subsistence agriculture farmer grows for his own family and self sustenance and is dependent omit for his day to day need subsistence agriculture includes nomadic herding and shifting agriculture



intensive: landholding is small but per hectare yield is high, high labour force, modern machines, generally more than one crop is grown, practised in thickly populated region, only one crop is cultivated, maximum production from small land

commercial agriculture large scale crops are raised for the purpose of selling products in the market. farmer selects single crop according to the natural and market conditions of the region

Answer 2

Explanation:

Three differences between primitive subsistence farming and intensive subsistence farming:

◆ Primitive subsistence farming.

● This type of farming is still practised in the small pockets of the country.

● Primitive subsistence farming include the use of primitive goods such as hoe, digging sticks, etc.

● These are cultivated mainly by small farmers by using this primitive tools.

● the outcome of this type of farming is mainly in small amount

● slash and Burn agriculture is another type in this

● In slash and Burn agriculture the farmer clears a patch of land and burns it ,later the ash is mixed with the soil and new crops are grown

◆ Intensive subsistence farming

● this type of farming is practised in the areas where there is a large pressure on the land

● farmers uses large number of inputs so as to get maximum outputs from their limited land .

● though the right inheritance has rendered the land uneconomical farmers uses high doses of input in this limited land

◆ commercial farming

● this type of farming is characterized by the use of large amount of inputs such as h y v seeds, chemical fertilizers etc.

● This includes large amount of labour .

● This type of farming is having large amount of output also.

●for example , rice is a commercial