2023 · Q41
Using the code given below identify the type of farming on the basis of given characteristics:
- 1The produce is consumed entirely or mainly by the family who work the land or tend the livestock.
- 2If a small surplus is produced, it may be sold or bartered.
- 3It is generally small scale and labour intensive with little or no technological input. Code:
indian-world-geographyindia-soils-agriculture
- AExtensive farming
- BIntensive farming
- CSubsistence farming
- DCommercial farming
Explanation
The described characteristics, produce consumed mainly by the cultivating family, only small surpluses sold or bartered, and small-scale labour-intensive cultivation with little technological input, are the textbook definition of subsistence farming. Extensive farming spreads low inputs over large areas, intensive farming applies high inputs per unit area, and commercial farming is oriented to the market. Hence option C.