Table 3
Principal crops in Cuba at the end of 1997 ('000 ha)Permanent crops Annual crops Sugar cane 1 770 Rice 224 Coffee 141 Tobacco 67 Banana 123 Grass 10 Citrus 93 Others 794 Fruits 84
Grass and forage crops 366
Others 29
Total 2 606 Total 1 095 Source: Statistical Annual of Cuba, 2001 edition.
The chief crops from the subsistence farmers in Peru are rice, plantains (which is a kind of banana), and corn.
Subsistence Crops
Subsistence.
the crops that are grown in primitive in subsistence farming are 1.tomatoes 2. cassava 3. yams 4. corn
the crops that are grown in primitive in subsistence farming are 1.tomatoes 2. cassava 3. yams 4. corn
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- The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to eat and clothe themselves during the year .
Cash crop is a crop that is grown and gathered for the market (for example vegetables, cotton or tobacco.) Cash crop is a crop which is grown for money. Subsistence crops are those fed to the producers own livestock or grown as food for the producers family, with little or nothing left over to sell.
surgar cane
subsistence farming
Supplying crops for overseas export
In Subsistence Farming the farmer grows crops for his and his families benefits with little surplus for marketing. Whereas in Commercial Farming the farmer grows and sells his crops at the market for profit.