Farmers growing crops only to sustain themselves is called __________.
A
Subsistence farming
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B
Intensive farming
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C
Sugarcane
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D
Commercial farming
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Solution
The correct option is A Subsistence farming A form
of farming in which nearly all of the crops or livestock raised are used to
maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family is known as Subsistence farming. It
persists today on a relatively wide scale in various areas of the world. It
includes large parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Subsistence farms usually consist
of no more than a few acres. The farm technology tends to be primitive and of
low yield.