NKPD code: 6310
Subsistence crop farmers grow and harvest cereals, vegetables and fruit to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their household members. Subsistence crop farmers perform the following main tasks: • preparing the soil, sowing, planting seedlings, cultivating and harvesting cereal crops, vegetables and fruit; • growing vegetables, fruit, trees and shrubs; • fetching water and firewood; • storing and carrying out primary processing of produce for later use; • building and maintaining houses and other shelters; • making tools, clothing and utensils for household use; • selling or bartering products at local markets. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Farmer, subsistence crop farming – Farmer, subsistence mixed crops Excludes: – Worker, field crops – 9211