differentiate between primitive and intensive and commercial subsistence farming
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☑Primitive Subsistence Farming
It is practised on small patches
of land with the help of
primitive tools like hoe dao and
digging sticks and family and community It is a 'slash and burn
agriculture.
☑Intensive Subsistence Farming
It is practised in areas of high
population pressure on land
It is labour intensive farming,
where high doses of
biochemical inputs and
irrigation are used for obtaining
higher production.
☑Commercial Farming
The main characteristics of the
type of farming are used of
higher doses of mode input
eg high yielding variety (HYV)
seeds, chemical fertilizers
insecticides and pesticides in
order to obtain higher
productivity.
Answer:
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