Question

Distinguish between the following.

(i) Primary activities and tertiary activities

(ii) Subsistence farming and intensive farming

Answer 1

(i)

Primary activities	Tertiaryactivities
Connected with the extraction and production of natural resources	Provide support to the primary and secondary sectors
Example: Agriculture, fishing	Example: Services such as banking and transport

(ii)

Subsistence farming	Intensive farming
Practised to meet the needs of the farmer’s family; involves the use of low levels of technology and household labour for producing a small output	Intensive agriculture is anything that really works the land hard. The inputs cost money, so it is generally only done for profit.