Question

distinguish between subsistence agriculture and commercial agriculture​

Answer 1

Answer:

Commercial farming

1 Implemented in areas where there is comparatively lesser pressure on land

2.Single cropping pattern

3 Use of huge machines to perform cultivation

4.Use of heavy machinery supported by the big landholdings with large plantations

5.Requires large investment of capital

6.Production is carried out for commercial purposes

1.Intensive Subsistence Farming

Implemented in areas where there is comparatively more pressure on land

2.Many cropping patterns

3.Use of labour to perform cultivation

4 Smaller land holdings

5.Requires lesser investment of capital

6.Production is carried out to meet food demands, extra is sold in the market