Question

name four social or economic characteristics of an intensive agriculture society

Answer 1

1. There will be high number of agricultural organisation in the society because the society is based on intensive agriculture. So, the share of primary sector will be large.

2. The society will have surplus of food or surplus of foodgrains because more than majority of the population would be indulging in agriculture practices this would create more agriculture output.

3. Since the society is into intensive agriculture, there will be low technological advances in the country because the resources wil be devoted towards agriculture only.

4. Majority of the population will be employed in agriculture and allied activies or in primary sector. Small proportion of population will be working in secondary and tertiary sector.

5. Due to intensive agriculture activities, there are chanes of depletion of quality of soil. So, as we use more chemicals in farming, the quality of soil decreases.