Question

Why subsistence farming is still practiced in certain parts of India ? Give 5 reasons

Answer 1

Answer:

1)Land holdings in India are of very small size.

2()Due to the increasing population the availability of land is very low.

3)The landholding is also scattered. -Commercial and extensive agriculture needs lots of inputs, but there is a shortage of inputs like irrigation, seeds, fertilizers and machinery.

4)In India, the practice is known as jhum or jhoom.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Subsistence agriculture is still practiced in certain parts of the country due to following reasons:

(i) Small farmers have smaller landholdings which are uneconomical.

(ii) Poor farmers don’t have expensive fertilizers and high yielding varieties of seeds.

(iii) Surplus production is needed to be stored in granaries but storage facilities are inadequate.

(iv) In India, till date, agriculture is dependent on monsoon rains, where sufficient irrigation facilities are not available.

(v) Most of the food production is for the small farmer’s own consumption as they practice subsistence farming

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