Write 5 difference between primitive subsistence …

Primitive subsistence farming.

• This type of farming is still practised in the small pockets of the country.
• Primitive subsistence farming include the use of primitive goods such as hoe, digging sticks, etc.
• These are cultivated mainly by small farmers by using this primitive tools.
• the outcome of this type of farming is mainly in small amount
• slash and Burn agriculture is another type in this
• In slash and Burn agriculture the farmer clears a patch of land and burns it ,later the ash is mixed with the soil and new crops are grown

Intensive subsistence farming

• this type of farming is practised in the areas where there is a large pressure on the land.
• farmers uses large number of inputs so as to get maximum outputs from their limited land.
• though the right inheritance has rendered the land uneconomical farmers uses high doses of input in this limited land

commercial farming

• this type of farming is characterized by the use of large amount of inputs such as HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers etc.
• This includes large amount of labour.
• This type of farming is having large amount of output also.
• For example , rice is a commercial crop in Punjab and Haryana but in Odisha it is a primitive and subsistence crop
• plantation for also a type of commercial farming
• In plantations, a same type of crop is grown over a large area. This is also a labour intensive farming .