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1 Extensive system
- Requires large tracts of land, low capital investment and low labour per unit area.
2 Intensive system
- Requires high capital and high labour investment per unit area.
3 Large scale farming
- Use of large tracts of land
- Heavy capital investment
- Skilled labour and high level management.
- Carried out for commercial purposes
- Operation costs per unit of production are low
i.) Plantation Farming
- Large scale firm, characterized by the production of one crop.
ii. Ranching
- The keeping of livestock in marginal range areas.
4 Small – scale Farming
- Practiced on a small piece of land.
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