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Compare the features of Subsistence and Plantation agriculture in five points each. 

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SUBSISTENCE FARMING PLANTATION AGRICULTURE
It is done on a small plot of land It is done on large estates/plantations
The produce is just enough for the subsistence of the farmer’s family The produce is for gaining profit and is in bulk.
The farmer and his family constitute the labour. Primitive tools are utilized.There is large capital investment and scientific methods are used. Cheap labour is also employed at a large scale.
Proximity to markets and thus, transportation is not essentialProximity to markets and good system of transport is very important. 
One or more crops can be grown on single piece of land.Single crop specialisation is observed. 

Areas

(1) Primitive subsistence -

Malaysia, Indonesia, Northeast India. 

(2) Intensive subsistence - 

● Wet paddy dominatedMyanmar, India, Indonesia 

● Other than paddy- North Korea, Manchuria, North Japan 

● French established cocoa and coffee plantations in West Africa 

● British set up tea gardens in India and Sri Lanka

● Spanish and Americans grew coconut and sugarcane in the Philippines


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