write the main feature of sedentary farming
Answers
Answer:
1) The farm land used is just one as opposed to nomadic or shifting cultivation.
2) The farmers do not move around as in nomadic cultivation.
3) The nutrient value of the land is not as good as that in shifting or nomadic cultivation and has to be supplemented.
Explanation:
Explanation:
Features of subsistence farming are as follows:
(a) It is practised by majority of the farmers in the country.
(b) It is characterised by small and scattered land holdings and use of primitive tools.
(c) The farmers do not use fertilisers and high yielding variety of seeds as they are poor.
(d) Electricity and irrigation facilities are not generally available to them which results in low productivity.
(e) Most of the food production is consumed by the farmers and their families.
(f) Where facilities like electricity and irrigation are available farming has improvmemt.
(g) Important cash crops like sugarcane, oil seeds, cotton and jute are grown.