intensive subsistence farming
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The farmer cultivates on a small plot of land. He uses simple tools and more labour.
Places which have fertile soils and where the climate allows a large number of days with sunshine are suitable for this type of farming.
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Types of subsistence farming are 1. Primitive or Simple Subsistence Farming 2. Intensive Subsistence Farming!
1. Primitive or Simple Subsistence Farming:
Primitive farming is the oldest form of agriculture and still prevalent in some areas of the world. From primitive gathering, some people have taken a step ‘upward’ on the economic ladder by learning the art of domesticating plants and their economy has moved into primitive cultivation.
2. Intensive Subsistence Farming:
The term, ‘intensive subsistence agriculture’ is used to describe a type of agriculture characterised by high output per unit of land and relatively low output per worker. Although the nature of this agriculture has changed and in many areas now it is no more subsistence.
But despite changes the term ‘intensive subsistence’ is still used today to describe those agricultural systems which are clearly more sophisticated than the primitive agriculture. Sometimes it is also known as ‘monsoon