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Types of subsistence farming systems

What are the types of subsistence farming systems?

Posted on February 28, 2023March 8, 2023 By Emmanuel William No Comments on What are the types of subsistence farming systems?

The types of subsistence farming systems are:

  • Sedentary farming 
  • Shifting cultivation 
  • Peasant agriculture 
  • Intensive subsistence farming 
  • Horticulture farming 
  • Nomadic herding 

Sedentary farming 

This is a promitive method of farming. It involves the continuous use of a particular piece of land. The land is used for farming every year. This method of farming started in Eurasia and America. This system of farming is often practiced by farmers who do not have access to sufficient land spacing. In sedentary farming, soil nutrient is lost over time. 

Shifting cultivation 

This is an old method of farming that involves the use of fire to clear a portion of forest land(bush burning) for cultivation of crops for about five years. After five years, the soil will be left to replenish it’s lost nutrients through waste decomposition. 

This method of farming is commonly practiced by the semi nomadic people. 

Peasant agriculture

This is a type of subsistence farming that involves a small scale farm production focused at providing food for the farmer and his family. 

Intensive subsistence farming 

This is one of the types of subsistence farming systems. It is a farming process that involves a farmer aiming at providing food for himself and his family by cultivating two or more crop. Animals are also raised under this system of farming. 

Horticulture farming 

This is a system that involves the use of traditional means to cultivate crops like vegetables and fruits. 

Nomadic herding 

This is one of the types of subsistence farming systems. This is a practice that is common the arid and semi arid parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. It involves the movement of Livestock in herds for the search of fresh forage to graze.

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