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Difference between Primitive subsistence farming & Intensive subsistence farming? |
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Answer» \tPrimitive Subsistence\xa0Intensive Subsistence\xa01. It is practised on small patches of land.\xa01. It is practised on bigger land holdings.2. Primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family community labour are used.\xa02. Modern inputs like HYV seeds, chemical fertilisers, insecticides, etc., to obtain higher productivity are used.\xa03. 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 used4. Land productivity in this type of agriculture is low.\xa04. Land productivity is high as it is meant for commercial purposes.\xa0\t But In intensive farming,practised in areas where there is high population on Land. It is a labour intensive farming . Farmers use heavy biochemical inputs ,intensive irrigation to obtain higher production In primitive,small farmers ( specially tribals) on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe,dao and digging sticks,using the family or community labours |
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