Agriculturists who produce mainly for themselves and not the market practise:
ACommercial cash farming
BPlantation estate farming
CCorporate contract farming
DSubsistence agriculture
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Subsistence agriculture
1. They are usually termed peasants.
2. This is subsistence agriculture.
3. Farmers produce a surplus for the market.
_Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 4, Change and Development in Rural Society._
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