Question

Distinguish between the followings.
Subsistence farming and intenstive farming.

Answer 1

• Subsistence farming is practiced to meet the needs of the farmer’s family. Traditionally, low levels of technology and household labour are used to produce on small output. Subsistence farming can be further classified as intensive subsistence and primitive subsistence farming.
  
• In intensive subsistence agriculture, the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour. The climate with a large number of days with sunshine and fertile soils permit growing of more than one crop annually on the same plot. Rice is the main crop. Other crops include wheat, maize, pulses, and oilseeds.