what is Primitive subsistence farming
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• Primitive Subsistence Farming: This type of farming is practiced on small patches of land. Primitive tools and family/community labour are used in this type of farming. The farming mainly depends on monsoon and natural fertility of soil. This is also called 'slash and burn' agriculture.
Explanation:
•With the aid of primitive instruments like Dao, hoe, digging sticks, and family or community labour, primitive subsistence agriculture is practised with small patches of land. Primitive subsistence agriculture includes shifting cultivation and nomadic herding.
• Primitive subsistence agriculture includes shifting cultivation and nomadic herding. Shifting cultivation is practised in the thickly forested areas of Amazon basin, tropical Africa, parts of southeast Asia and Northeast India. These are the areas of heavy rainfall and quick regeneration of vegetation.