Subsistence Farming

What is Subsistence Farming?

• When a farmer does not have enough money and cannot sell his crops. He uses these crops to feed himself and his family.

• When farmer cannot farm anymore.

• When the farmer has to farm on someone else’s land.

• When the farmer is very rich and quits farming.

The ancient _________ practiced subsistence farming along the ____ river.

What is Primitive Subsistence Farming?

What are the two main types of subsistence farming?

• Intensive

• Breeding

• Shifting Cultivation

• Pastoralism

Tell me 2 of the other forms of subsistence farming.

• Fishing

• Breeding

• Nomadic herding

• Sastory Farming

What is the difference between Subsistence farming and commercial farming?

• Subsistence farming is based on profit, whereas commercial farming is based on self-sufficiency.

• Subsistence farming is farming on someone else’s land, whereas commercial farming is farming on your own land.

• Subsistence farming is based on self-sufficiency, whereas commercial farming is based on profit.

• Subsistence farming is a way to grind cash, and commercial farming is a way to earn cash by making advertisement.