Published May 08, 2023
Extensive Farming is a kind of agriculture that uses few or no external inputs to produce crops or livestock. The crop yield mainly depends on the soil’s natural fertility, climate and water availability.
Intensive Farming uses higher inputs and advanced farming techniques to increase productivity. In contrast, Extensive Farming brings more land under farming to increase the output.
Farm sizes in the extensive farming system are very large, often exceeding 250 hectares. The purpose of extensive farming is highly capital-intensive.
Extensive farming has a low density and is non-lucrative; therefore, very few farmers are seriously interested in it. Due to human labour scarcity, wages get higher.
Extensive farming involves continuous efforts to maximize per capita Production instead of per unit land production. This is because each farmer controls and cultivates extensive farmland.
Extensive farming is only limited to a definite year. Moreover, emphasis is given to producing a single crop, particularly wheat farming.