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Answer the following question in brief
Define subsistence agriculture.
Solution
Subsistence farming is growing crops to meet the farmer's own needs. The land is small and organic or natural fertilizers like cow dung, dried plants, etc. are used. It depends on monsoon rains for the watering of crops.
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