What is subsistence farming?

Cultivating crops for exports

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Cultivating crops for self-consumption

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Cultivating crops for selling in the market

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Cultivating crops for livestock

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The correct option is B Cultivating crops for self-consumption
The kind of farming in which farmers cultivate crops only for self-consumption and not to sell in the market is known as subsistence farming

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