ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -subsistence farming, form of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family, leaving little, if any, surplus for sale or trade. Preindustrial agricultural peoples throughout the world have traditionally practiced subsistence farming.

Detailed explanation-2: -Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.

Detailed explanation-3: -Subsistence farming may also mean shifting farming or nomadic herding (see nomadic people). Examples: A family has only one cow to give milk only for that family. A farmer grows only enough wheat to make bread for his or her family.

Detailed explanation-4: -In intensive subsistence agriculture, the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour. Subsistence agriculture is the type of farming in which crops grown are consumed by the grower and his family.

Detailed explanation-5: -Subsistence agriculture can be classified into two types-Intensive subsistence agriculture and primitive subsistence agriculture.