Question

why is subsistence agriculture still practised in certain parts of the country give five reasons at least

Answer 1

Reasons due to which subsistence agriculture stillpractised are
(i) Plots of land are fragmented and small, so, not . commercially viable.
(ii) High population pressure on land makes this * compulsory.
(iii) It is the primitive subsistence farming practised by certain tribal communities because they do not have the resources to go in for investment in better inputs like fertilizers, irrigation etc.