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DISTINGUISH BETWEEN INDUNTSIVE AND EXTENSIVE FARMING

• Land is cultivated intensively season after season and year after year by better agricultural methods and manpower.

• It is carried on in densely popu­lated areas and the population pressure is high.

• Land holdings are smaller.

• Yield per person is less but per hectare it is more, e.g., Japan, India, and U.K.

• Farming practice involving greater use of machinery. It is highly mechanized and the pro­duce is increased by bringing more and more land under cul­tivation.

• It is practiced in moderately populated areas. The popula­tion pressure is less.

• Farms are large.

•  Yield per person is more but per hectare it is less, e.g., USA, Canada, Australia.