General Knowledge - Indian Geography - Discussion

Plantation agriculture is most predominant agriculture as we have to balance nutritional cycle which begins with trees and end on human lives. So correct answer is option C.

Subsistence agriculture refers to manage their livelihood with what they have produced. Just enough for themselves[self sufficient].

Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which the farmers focus on growing enough food to feed themselves and their families.

The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to feed and clothe themselves during the year.

It a slash and burn cultivation which is known as intensive subsistence cultivation and it is followed by the nomadic like Bhotiyas Gujjars of Himalayas, it is practiced in central Asia, China, India, Western Africa etc.

(1) Subsistence agriculture is that practice of farming in which the farmer and his family raise crops for home consumption.

(2) This is practiced on small farms.

(3) This is labour intensive.

(4) Old technology and old implements are used. For example: The production of wheat in some parts of India.

What is commercial agriculture?

"Subsistence agriculture" as the word subsistence itself explains, it is a pattern of agriculture which is done merely for livelihood and to feed the family.

There is not any concept of development involved entire family remain involved in agriculture activity over a small piece of land which ultimately leads to under employment.

Thanks for giving information about Indian agriculture.

Thanks for the information about subsistence agriculture.

As per Indian government data, India has only 35 % land is irrigated that is Ganga River basin and Yamuna and some part of Krishna and Kaveri and Godavari Rivers area has irrigated.

And the commercial agriculture means sugar cotton etc that are expecting and they require irrigated land or 100-150 cm rainfall and a high temperature of avg 30°c and so it's not possible at all area. And extensive agriculture needs high technology like China Indian agriculture lack of modern technology and plantation agriculture means coconut plant, chikku plant, apple plant etc these plants required special geographic location and climate so subsistence agriculture means agriculture for life requirement of India. So Indian agriculture is subsistence.