Subsistence agriculture
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Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and mostly for
A Bakweri farmer working on his taro field on the slopes of Mount Cameroon, 2005
Subsistence farmers selling their produce, 2017
Cash crop
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A cash crop, also called profit crop, is an agricultural crop which is grown to sell for profit. It is typically purchased by parties separate from a farm. The term is used to differentiate a marketed
Subsistence agriculture
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A cotton ball. Cotton is a significant cash crop. According to the National Cotton Council of America, in 2014, China was the world's largest cotton-producing country with an estimated output of about one hundred million 480-pound bales (22 billion tonnes).
A farmer harvesting pods from a cacao tree (Theobroma cacao) in Cameroon. Originally native to South America, cacao has become an important cash crop in West Africa, which grows around 70% of the world's supply of cocoa beans.
A tea (Camelia sinensis) plantation in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia
Jatropha curcas is a cash crop used to produce biofuel.