Subsistence crop farmers grow and harvest field or tree and shrub crops, vegetables and fruit, in order to provide food, shelter and, in some cases, a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.
(a)     Tasks include -
preparing the soil, sowing, planting, tending and harvesting field crops;
growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops;
fetching water and gathering firewood;
storing for later use and carrying out some processing of produce;
building and maintaining houses and other shelters;
making tools, clothes and utensils for use by the household;
selling or bartering some products at local markets.