A call: Back to the land (Part II)

As The Gambia is an agricultural country, students in schools should be able to identify the difference between subsistence farming and commercial farming. Subsistence farming is practised by many farmers in developing countries like The Gambia. These poor farmers earn their living by working on the land and merely growing enough for themselves and their families and practice what is known as shifting cultivation. Commercial farming, on the other land, is practiced in many developed ...