Question

In which one of the following countries is intensive subsistence agriculture not predominantly practiced?
1. India
2. Japan
3. Canada
4. Indonesia

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Canada

The correct answer is Canada.

• Intensive farming is the kind of farming in which farmers grow their crops, fruits, and vegetables on a small piece of land using simple tools.
• These farmers usually grow food for personal use, or they sell it to local groceries.
• It is also used to describe a type of agriculture characterized by high output per unit of land and low output per worker. 
• Intensive subsistence farming is best developed in the monsoon lands of Asia.
• This type of agriculture can be found in China, Japan, Korea, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
• It is also found in a big part of continental South-East Asia, and some parts of insular South-East Asia as well.

• Features of intensive subsistence agriculture:
  • Small Holdings:
    • It is practiced in a smaller piece of land to meet the personal need first and sell the rest if it is in surplus.
  • Very Intensive Farming: 
    • Due to the very limited space of usable land for agriculture, farmers try to make as much as possible with their crops.
    • The farming is so intensive that they sometimes practice double- or treble-cropping.
  • Requires Much Hand Labour:
    • The intensive subsistence farmers don’t use much technology in their farming nor much machinery and thus much hand labor is required.
    • These farmers usually use traditional techniques and simple tools to produce the best products possible.
  • Use Of Animal And Plant Manures:
    • Farmers often use every available type of manure such as farm wastes, rotten vegetables, animal dung, and human excreta etc.