10 CHARACTERISTICS OF SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE
what is agriculture? agriculture means the human activity that deals with crop cultivation (also called arable farming) and animal rearing or keeping (also known as pastoral farming or livestock husbandry) it is primary human activity that helps us to meet various needs such as food and raw materials what is small scale agriculture? Small-scale agriculture is the type of agriculture that is practiced on relatively small plots of land. In small-scale agriculture, the land does not exceed four hectares. Small-scale agriculture is practiced for both subsistence and commercial purposes. Characteristics of small-scale agriculture at subsistence level Most of the labour is provided by family members and is manual in nature. due to small land the family members provide adequate manpower needed to till, weed and harvest crops from the farm. there is no need to hire extra labour outside the family Farmers use very simple tools such as hoes and machette to cultivate, in some cases plo...