What type of farming is common in Swaziland?

• A. Large-scale farming
• B. Industrial farming
• C. Small-scale farming
• D. Urban farming

Answer: (C)

In Swaziland, farming is mainly done on small plots by families. This pattern exists because many rural households own only a little land and have limited capital and irrigation, so they rely on their own labor to grow crops for food and a few cash crops. The result is a farming system that is largely small-scale, often rain-fed and subsistence-oriented, with some limited market-oriented activity. While there are larger sugar estates in the country, they cover a minority of farmland and don’t represent the everyday farming most people practice. Urban farming exists but isn’t the typical form of farming across the country.