Question

Distinguish between the following and give distinguishing features:

Subsistence Agriculture and Commercial Agriculture.

Subsistence agriculture and Commercial agriculture.

Answer 1

Sr. No.	Feature	Subsistence Agriculture	Commercial Agriculture
1.	Purpose	Grown mainly for self-consumption by the farmer and their family.	Grown mainly for sale in the market to earn profit.
2.	Scale of Farming	Practised on small landholdings.	Practised on large landholdings.
3.	Technology Used	Uses traditional tools and methods.	Uses modern machinery, fertilizers, and technology.
4.	Productivity	Generally low productivity.	High productivity due to better inputs.
5.	Types of Crops	Food crops like rice, wheat, millets, pulses.	Cash crops like cotton, sugarcane, tea, coffee.