subsistence farming
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subsistence farming (uncountable)
- (agriculture) Farming in which almost all of the livestock raised or crops produced are used by the farmer and their family to survive, without significant surplus for sale or trade.
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- “subsistence farming”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “subsistence farming”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “subsistence farming”, in Collins English Dictionary.