1. Farming is mainly of Intensive subsistence type, average size of land holding is about 2.4 hectares.
2. Most of the work is done by animal labor or human labor.
3. Farming in India mainly depends on monsoons.
4. Farmers are poor and illiterate.
5. Farmers use traditional methods of farming, with less use of quality seeds, fertilizers, machines, etc.
6. Destruction of crops by the pests and insects.