Question

Write the different between primitive subsistence farming and intensive
subsistance farming,

Answer 1

Differences between primitive subsistence farming and intensive subsistence farming are as follows:

Primitive Subsistence

1. It is practised on small patches of land.

2. Primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family community labour are used.

3. In this type of farming, farmers depend on the monsoons and natural fertility of the soil.

4. Land productivity in this type of agriculture is low.

Intensive Subsistence

I. It is practised on bigger land holdings.

2. Modern inputs like HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides, etc., to obtain higher productivity are used.

3. In intensive subsistence, irrigation facilities like tubewells and canal irrigation is used.

4. Land productivity is high as it is meantfor commercial purposes.

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Answer 2

Primitive Subsistence

• Primitive tools like a hoe, dow, digging sticks are used for cultivation.
• This agriculture is dependent on rainfall and the natural fertility of the soil.

Intensive Subsistence

• Modern agricultural inputs like chemical fertilizers, HYV seeds, machines are used wherever suitable
• Means of irrigation like tube wells, canals are used. Soil fertility is also increased by the use of fertilizers