ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Subsistence farming persists today on a relatively wide scale in various areas of the world, including large parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Subsistence farms usually consist of no more than a few acres, and farm technology tends to be primitive and of low yield.

Detailed explanation-2: -Subsistence farming can be further classified as intensive subsistence and primitive subsistence farming. In intensive subsistence agriculture the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labour.

Detailed explanation-3: -Contemporary practices Subsistence farming continues today in large parts of rural Africa, and parts of Asia and Latin America.

Detailed explanation-4: -Primitive subsistence agriculture is also known as shifting cultivation or slash and burn cultivation. In this type of farming, a patch of land is cleared and then set on fire. This patch of land is used to sow seeds and grow crops.

Detailed explanation-5: -Agroforestry, intercropping, crop rotation, cover cropping, traditional organic composting and integrated crop-animal farming are prominent traditional agricultural practices.