distinguish between each of the following; 1.subsistence farming and commercial farming
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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