Question

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Write main characteristics of ‘slash and burn’ agriculture.
Or, Write main characteristics of Primitive Subsistence Farming.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) This type of farming is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks and family labour.

(ii) This type of farming depends upon Monsoons, natural fertility of soil and environmental suitability.

(iii) It is a ‘slash and burn’ agriculture. Farmers clear a patch of land and produce crops for their sustenance.

(iv) When the soil fertility decreases, farmers shift to new area, clear forest by burning and again sow crops.

Answer 2

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Write main characteristics of ‘slash and burn’ agriculture.

Or, Write main characteristics of Primitive Subsistence Farming.

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This type of farming is practised in few pockets of India on small patches of land using primitive tools and family/community labour.

Farmers clear a patch of land and produce cereals and other food crops to sustain their families.

When the soil fertility decreases, the farmers shift and clear a fresh patch of land for cultivation. This type of shifting allows nature to replenish the fertility of the soil through natural processes.

Land productivity is low as the farmer does not use fertilisers or other modem inputs.