Write Down the Difference between Extensive Farming and Intensive Farming

Answer – Extensive farming is farming in which more and more land is used for cultivation to increase the output produced whereas intensive farming is the farming that uses higher inputs and techniques of advanced agriculture to increase the overall yield. Intensive farming is practised in densely populated areas whereas extensive practise in moderately populated areas. Holding land is much more expensive in extensive farming as compared to intensive farming. The farmland in case intensive should be near to the market and in case of extensive it is remotely located.