Following are main characteristics of subsistence agriculture:
1. It is a permanent pattern of agriculture.
2. This type of agriculture is found in the regions where density of population is high.
3. In this agriculture, fields are small in size and dispersed.
4. Two or three crops cultivated during a year due to high agricultural intensity.
5. In this agriculture, machines are also used along with human labour.
6. In this agriculture, productivity increases due to use of hybrid seeds, chemical fertilizer and pesticides.
7. Major areas of this type of agriculture includes dense regions of Monsoon Asia.
8. Food grains are mostly cultivated in this type of agriculture due to high density of population.
9. Crop rotation system is used in this agriculture due to facility of irrigation.
