Establish the difference between commercial farming and subsistence forming with the help of suitable example
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Subsistence farming:
Small scale farming
Used by the family of the farmer
No surplus
No profit
Food crops are used
Eg: Farmer grows wheat and rice only for his family and not for sale.
Commercial farming:
Large scale farming
Used by many consumers
Too surplus
Profit is gained
Cash crops are used
Eg: Farmer grows cotton and sells it in order to gain profit
Commercial Farming
Use of higher doses of modern inputs like HYV seeds, fertilizers, etc.
Commercialization of agriculture varies from region to another
Plantation is also a type of commercial farming
Use of well-developed network of transport and communication
High productivity for commercial purpose
Subsistence Farming
Is practiced on small patches of land
Labour intensive farming
Use of primitive tools
ependent on Monsoons
Called as ‘Slash and burn’ agriculture.
Low productivity
Example: Rice is a commercial crop in Haryana and Punjab but in Odisha it is a subsistence crop.