distinguish between primitive subsistence farming and intensive subsistence farming
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distinguish between primitive subsistence farming and intensive subsistence farming
distinguish between primitive subsistence farming and intensive subsistence farming
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Answer:
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 meant for commercial purposes