Question

What is intensive subsistence farming? Write any 3 features of intensive subsistence farming

Answer 1

Farmers use their small land holdings to produce enough for their local consumption while remaining produce is used for exchange against other goods. It results in much more food being produced per Acer compared to other subsistence patterns.
The features of intensive subsistence farming are-
1) It is practised in areas of high population pressure on land.
2) It is rendered land holding size uneconomically.
3) Irrigation are used for obtaining high production..

Answer 2

Intensive subsistence farming is practised in areas of high density of population, where pressure of population is high on agriculture land.

The following are the three features of this type of farming.

(a). It is labour- intensive farming.

(b). High doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining hingher production.

(c). Farm size is small and uneconomical due to the division of land.

(d). Farmers take maximum output from the limited land.

(e). Farmers do not have any alternative source of livelihood. Thus, there is enormous pressure on agriculture land.