Question

Distinguish between the following:
a) Primary and Secondary activities
b) Subsistence and Commercial farming

Answer 1

Explanation:

Primary activities

Tertiary activities

Connected with the extraction and production of natural resources

Provide support to the primary and secondary sectors

Example: Agriculture, fishing

Example: Services such as banking and transport

Subsistence farming

Intensive farming

Practised to meet the needs of the farmer’s family; involves the use of low levels of technology and household labour for producing a small output

A type of subsistence farming; involves the annual cultivation of a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour

Answer 2

Explanation:

a) Primary activities : are the activities dealing with nature.

Secondary activities : are the activities that provide the finish product