QUESTION: Distinguish between Intensive Farming and Extensive Farming.
INTENSIVE FARMING
EXTENSIVE FARMING
Farmers grow more than one crop in the same land.
Farmers concentrate on one or two major commercial crops.
Extra care is needed to maintain the fertility of the soil.
No extra care is needed to maintain the fertility of soil.
In India, this type of farming is practised in the irrigated areas of the Northern Plains and the coastal areas of South India.
In India, this type of farming is practised in the north-western part and the Terai region.
Land holdings are small here.
Landholdings are large here.
Needs large capital.
Land may be left fallow.
Labour is cheap.
Labour is expensive.
Yield per hectre here is high.
Yield may not be very high.