Economics · May / June 2018 · Paper 12 · Question 25

Over two-thirds of the world's poorest people live in rural areas. They are mainly involved in subsistence agriculture. What explains why poverty remains at a high level for subsistence farming families?

1. Aa lack of finance to buy machinery to improve productivity
2. Blow international prices for food due to overproduction
3. Cthe size of families is too small to work the land
4. Dwomen are discouraged from doing agricultural work

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