Distinguish between Subsistence and Commercial agriculture.
| Subsistence agriculture | Commercial agriculture |
| (a) Subsistence agriculture is practiced on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, Dao and digging sticks, and family/ community labour | a) The main characteristics of this type of farming is the use of higher doses of modern inputs, e.g. high yielding variety (HYV) seeds, chemicals fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides in order to obtain higher productivity. |
| (b) Farmers and their family produce cereals for themselves and for the local market. | b) Crops are grown on a large scale with a view to export them to other countries. |
| (c) It is practiced in thickly populated areas | c) It is practiced in sparsely populated areas. |
| (d) Cereals like wheat, rice, millets are mainly raised. | d) Wheat, cotton, sugarcane etc. are mainly raised. |
