There are basically two types of farming which are:
- Intensive agriculture
- Extensive agriculture
- Intensive agriculture
It is the system of farming where a small land is cultivated with high input in terms of capital, machine and resultant to high output.
Characteristics
- It is labour intensive
- The land sizes are irregular and small with less than two hectares
- Output per unit area is high due to the high application of manure
- Field or plots are permanently cultivated throughout the year
- Irrigation is highly practiced and allows cultivation throughout the year
- It is divide into two; intensive subsistence and intensive commercial
- Intensive subsistence
Here there is the constant cultivation of piece of land with regular application of fertilizers and with no fallow period.
This system is well developed especially in the densely populated region that is ; in the Burma in India, China, Thailand, Ndop plains in Cameroon etc and the mostly cultivated or important crop is rice.
