Question

Subsistence farming means _____________.

• A. cultivation of cash corps
• B. production of food crops just enough for self-consumption
• C. dependence on rainfall for irrigation
• D. production primarily with the motive to sell

Answer 1

The correct option is B production of food crops just enough for self-consumption

In subsistence fanning, a farmer mainly produces those crops which are required to meet the most immediate needs of himself and his family. These are primarily food crops, and to some extent non-food crops like cotton, sugarcane etc.