Which term best corresponds to farming focused on producing for the market rather than personal consumption?

• A. Commercial Agriculture
• B. Subsistence farming
• C. Biodiversity
• D. Monocropping

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is market-oriented farming—producing crops primarily to sell in local or global markets rather than to feed the farmer’s own household. This describes Commercial Agriculture, which centers on selling outputs for profit, often at larger scales, with access to inputs like machinery, seeds, and markets. In contrast, subsistence farming focuses on meeting the farmer’s family needs rather than market sales. Biodiversity refers to the variety of living things in an area, not the purpose of farming. Monocropping is a cropping pattern of growing a single crop in a field, which can occur in different systems but doesn’t by itself define whether the farming is for market or for personal consumption. So the best term for farming aimed at market production is Commercial Agriculture.