Briefly describe four characteristics of traditional agriculture.

Briefly describe four characteristics of traditional agriculture.

Check the answers and analyze the correct answers (1). The technology of traditional agriculture is very backward. In other words, farmers in traditional agriculture are used to farming according to a backward and unchanging technology.

(2) "Poverty and high efficiency" is a famous assertion made by Schultz against traditional agriculture. In other words, farmers in traditional society are not as ignorant as people think. Their behavior is economically reasonable. They are fully familiar with the various production factors they have through experience and can make the most reasonable and effective allocation. (3) Traditional farmers are sensitive to market and price changes. People often think that traditional agriculture is in an isolated and closed society, and farmers are indifferent to external markets and prices. They just act according to the habits inherited from their ancestors. (4) In traditional agriculture, each farmer's land management scale is very small, especially in some densely populated Asian countries. See the textbook P292-293 for the answer analysis.