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Write 5 difference between primitive subsistence farming , intensive farming , commercial farming

Answer» Primitive subsistence farming.\tThis type of farming is still practised in the small pockets of the country.\tPrimitive subsistence farming include the use of primitive goods such as hoe, digging sticks, etc.\tThese are cultivated mainly by small farmers by using this primitive tools.\tthe outcome of this type of farming is mainly in small amount\tslash and Burn agriculture is another type in this\tIn 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 grownIntensive subsistence farming\tthis type of farming is practised in the areas where there is a large pressure on the land.\tfarmers uses large number of inputs so as to get maximum outputs from their limited land.\tthough the right inheritance has rendered the land uneconomical farmers uses high doses of input in this limited landcommercial farming\tthis type of farming is characterized by the use of large amount of inputs such as HYV seeds, chemical fertilizers etc.\tThis includes large amount of labour.\tThis type of farming is having large amount of output also.\tFor example , rice is a commercial crop in Punjab and Haryana but in Odisha it is a primitive and subsistence crop\tplantation for also a type of commercial farming\tIn plantations, a same type of crop is grown over a large area. This is also a labour intensive farming .


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