Question

write three features of intensive subsistence farming

Answer 1

This type of farming is practised in areas of high population pressure on land.
. It is labour-intensive farming where high doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining higher production.
. This type of farming is practised in the states of U.P., Haryana, Bihar, etc.
. Though the ‘right of inheritance’ leading to the division of land among successive generations has rendered landholding size uneconomical, the farmers continue to take maximum output from the limited land in the absence of alternative source of livelihood.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

Intensive subsistence farming is practised in areas of high density of population, where pressure of population is high on agricultural land.

The following are the three features of this type of farming.

It is labour-intensive farming.

High doses of biochemical inputs and irrigation are used for obtaining higher , production.

Farm size is small and uneconomical due to the division of land.

Farmers take maximum output from the limited land.

Farmers do not have any alternative source of livelihood. Thus, there is enormous pressure on agricultural land.