In this type of farming farmers grow crops for self consumption. This type of farming is
still practiced in few pockets of India.
- It is practiced on small patches of land.
- Farmers use primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks.
- Only family/community labour is used for farming.
- This type of farming depends upon natural conditions such as monsoon, natural
- fertility of the soil and suitable conditions for the crops, though ways of adding to the soil, like using compost, may be used.
- It is also known as slash and burn' agriculture.
- Land productivity in this type of agriculture may be low, depending on what methods of replenishing the soil and pest control are used.
