What is subsistence agriculture? Mention any four characteristics of primitive Subsistence agriculture.

Explanation

Subsistence Agriculature is a farming in which its produce is mainly cosumed in the farmer.s household.
Characteristics of primitive subsistence agriculture are:
(a) Primitive subsistence agriculture or shifting cultivation is widely practised by many tribes in the tropics, especially in Africa, south and Central America and south east Asia.
(b) The vegetation is usually cleared by fire, and the ashes add to the fertility of the soil.
(c) The cultivated patches are very small and cultivation is done with very primitive tools such as sticks and hoes.
(d) After sometime (3 to 5 years) the soil looses its fertility and the farmer shifts to another parts and clears other patch of the forest for cultivation.