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Difference between primitive and subsistence farming |
| Answer» \tPrimitive Subsistence farmingIntensive Subsistence farming1. It is practised on small patches of land.1. It is practised on bigger land holdings.2. Primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family or community labour are used.2. Modern inputs like HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides, etc., to obtain higher productivity are used.3. In this type of farming, farmers depend on the monsoons and natural fertility of the soil.3. In intensive subsistence, irrigation facilities like tubewells and canal irrigation is used.4. Land productivity in this type of agriculture is low.4. Land productivity is high as it is meant for commercial purposes.\t\xa0 | |