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Rural land use, Subsistence Agriculture vs commercial Agriculture,…
Rural land use
Subsistence Agriculture vs commercial Agriculture
Subsistence agriculture
Small scale
occurs in small towns
occurs in Rural settlements
As a result of a lack of resources
Wide variety of different crop produced
Damages soil over time through re-use of land
Use of manual labour
Commercial agriculture
Done on a variety of scales
Small scale
large scale
Done to maximize profits
Technology used to maximize efficiency
Small variety of crops produced (monocultrre)
Soil is rested and revitalized
Extensive agriculture VS Intensive agriculture
Intensive Agriculture
Small area
High in labor used
High output of crop yield per hectare
Usage of chemicals
Extensive Agricultre
Large Area
Lower in labor used
Low output of crop yield per hectare
large surplus
High amounts of Monoculture
Labour intensive farming VS mechanized/capital intensive farming
Labour intensive farming
larger amount of labor used to produce goods
Smaller crop yield
High dependency on weather
Watering of crops
Fertilization of crops
More time consumed
mechanized/capital intensive farming
Larger amount of Machinery used to produce goods
Larger crop yields
Overall lower cost to produce per unit
Higher efficiency
Uses better farming techniques