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advantages of subsistence farming
• Small farms are well controlled.
• There is use of family labour which is not paid for.
• The farms operate at low costs so the farmer does not have to borrow capital.
• Self employment to the unemployed.
• There is use of little capital for the beginning.
• It is flexible. Farmers can do what they want.
• Mixed farming is practiced, which ensures that the farmer produces a variety of crops both for consumption and for sale.
• In the event of a catastrophe affecting a crop, a farmer is not likely to loose much.
• The variety of crops grown ensure that the farmer has a steady income even in the event of fluctuation of prices in markets.
• The various crops grown on small scale holdings regulate the mineral content of the soils thus minimising soil exhaustion.
• There is use of family labour which is not paid for.
• The farms operate at low costs so the farmer does not have to borrow capital.
• Self employment to the unemployed.
• There is use of little capital for the beginning.
• It is flexible. Farmers can do what they want.
• Mixed farming is practiced, which ensures that the farmer produces a variety of crops both for consumption and for sale.
• In the event of a catastrophe affecting a crop, a farmer is not likely to loose much.
• The variety of crops grown ensure that the farmer has a steady income even in the event of fluctuation of prices in markets.
• The various crops grown on small scale holdings regulate the mineral content of the soils thus minimising soil exhaustion.