HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no surplus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Subsistence agriculture can be classified into two types-Intensive subsistence agriculture and primitive subsistence agriculture.

Detailed explanation-3: -Subsistence farming may also mean shifting farming or nomadic herding (see nomadic people). Examples: A family has only one cow to give milk only for that family. A farmer grows only enough wheat to make bread for his or her family.