state any four feature of subsistence agriculture
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Two types of subsistence farming are practised in India. One is primitive subsistence farming and the other is intensive subsistence farming. Four characteristics of subsistence farming in India are
1. Primitive subsistence farming is practised on a small patch of land with primitive tools such as a hoe, digging sticks etc.
2. In intensive subsistence farming, cultivation is done on an area of high population pressure.
3. In primitive subsistence farming, farmers clear a patch of land by burning trees and cultivate it for one or two years. Then they clear another patch of land for farming.
4. In intensive subsistence farming, high quantities of fertilisers are used.
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Features of subsistence farming are as follows:
(a) It is practised by majority of the farmers in the country.
(b) It is characterised by small and scattered land holdings and use of primitive tools.
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(c) The farmers do not use fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds as they are poor.
(d) Electricity and irrigation facilities are not generally available to them which results in low productivity.
(e) Most of the food production is consumed by the farmers and their families.
(f) Where facilities like electricity and irrigation are available farming has improved
(g) Important cash crops like sugarcane, oil seeds, cotton and jute are grown.
(h) Dry land farming is practised in areas where the rainfall is low and irrigation facilities are inadequate.land farming is practiced in high rainfall and irrigated area