Question

Differentiate between Intensive farming and Extensive farming.

Answer 1

	Intensive farming	Extensive Farming
1.	This farming strategy is used to cultivate small farms extensively.	This kind of farming is carried out on huge farms with the assistance of machinery and requires little labour input per unit of land.
2.	More than one crop is cultivated in the same field.	Farmer specializes in the production of one or two major commercial craps.
3.	It is labour-intensive farming.	It is highly capital-intensive farming.
4.	In this type of farming, per-unit production is high.	In this type of farming, per-unit production is low, but total crop production is high due to extensive land holdings.