Which of the following statements is correct?

a- The farmer's movement in the late 80s was active mainly in the prosperous States of the country. 

b- Like most Indian farmers, the members of organisations like the BKU were also engaged in subsistence farming.

Only Statement a is correct.

Until the early nineties, the BKU distanced itself from all political parties. It operated as a pressure group in politics with its strength of sheer numbers. The organisation, along with the other farmers’ organisations across the States, did manage to get some of their economic demands accepted. The farmers’ movement became one of the most successful social movements of the ’eighties in this respect. The success of the movement was an outcome of the political bargaining powers that its members possessed. The movement was active mainly in the prosperous States of the country. Unlike most of the Indian farmers who engage in agriculture for subsistence, members of organisations like the BKU grew cash crops for the market. Like the BKU, farmers’ organisations across States recruited their members from communities that dominated regional electoral politics. Shetkari Sanghatana of Maharashtra and Rayata Sangha of Karnataka, are prominent examples of such organisations the farmers.