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Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R) : 

Assertion (A): In areas of intensive subsistence agriculture animal husbandry is a meagre sideline of crop farming

Reasons (R): Throughout the region. the farmers are handicapped in raising cattle due to a lack of scientific methods of breeding the animals. 

In light of the above Statements. choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: 


1. Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)
3. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
4. (A) is not correct but (R) is correct

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A)

Characteristics of Intensive Subsistence Farming:

  • Intensive farming is an agricultural intensification and mechanization system that aims to maximize yields from available land through various means, such as heavy use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers.
  • Three major characteristics of intensive farming are as follows, 
    • Low fallow ratio
    • Labour and capital intensive
    • Higher crop yields per unit land area.
  • That means high output per unit of land and relatively low output per worker
  • Executive use of mechanization found.
  • It is a labour-intensive farming method.
  • This farming produces cheaper food per hectare to feed the rising population.
  • Created multiple cropping systems.
  • High productivity using modern inputs.
  • It also involves intensive livestock farming.
  • It is a common practice in the fertile areas of south-east Asia, China, India (Punjab, parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, etc.), etc.

Intensive livestock farming:

  • In areas of intensive subsistence agriculture. animal husbandry is a meagre sideline of crop farming
  • This is clearly more sophisticated than primitive agriculture. Sometimes it is also known as the ‘monsoon type of agriculture’.
  • Subsistence farming is being superseded by intensive animal farming in the more developed parts of the world, where for example beef cattle are kept in high-density feedlots, and thousands of chickens may be raised in broiler houses or batteries. 
  • Throughout the region. the farmers are handicapped in raising cattle due to a lack of scientific methods of breeding the animals

Therefore, Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is NOT the correct explanation of (A).

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