Explain any two features of Primitive Subsistence farming. 1 × 2=2

(i) This type of farming is still practised in few pockets of India.

(ii) It is practised on small patches of land with the help of primitive tools like hoe, dao and digging sticks, and family/community labour.

(iii) This type of farming depends upon monsoon, natural fertility of the soil and suitability of other environmental conditions to the crops grown.

(iv) It is a ‘slash and burn’ agriculture.

(v) Farmers clear a patch of land and produce crops to sustain their family.

(vi) Land productivity is low as the farmer does not use modern inputs.