USA HISTORY

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 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-3: -Subsistence agriculture can be classified into two types-Intensive subsistence agriculture and primitive subsistence agriculture.

Detailed explanation-4: -Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.