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| Subsistence Agriculture | Commercial Farming |
| • Subsistence agriculture is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like dao, hoe and digging sticks. | • Commercial farming is done on large scale with the use of huge doses of modern inputs e.g. HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides. |
| • Farmer and Lis family produce cereals for themselves and for the local market. It is labour intensive where most of the activities are done by family/community labour. | • Crops are grown with a view to export them to other countries. It is capital intensive where much of the work is done with the help of machines. |
| • It is practised in thickly populated areas. | • It is practised in sparsely populated areas. |
| • Cereals like wheat, rice, millets are mainly raised. | • Coffee, cotton, sugarcane etc are mainly raised. |
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| Primitive Subsistence | Intensive Subsistence |
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This type of farming is done on very small patches of land. |
The land holdings are comparatively bigger. |
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Primitive tools like a hoe, dow, digging sticks are used for cultivation. |
Modern agricultural inputs like chemical fertilizers, HYV seeds, machines are used wherever suitable |
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This agriculture is dependent on rainfall and the natural fertility of the soil. |
Means of irrigation like tube wells, canals are used. Soil fertility is also increased by the use of fertilizers. |
| Family members provide labour. | Labourers are hired. |
| Land productivity in this type of agriculture is low. | Land productivity in this type of agriculture is high as it is meant for commercial purpose. |
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