subsistence farming

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subsistence farming

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a type of farming in which most of the produce (subsistence crop) is consumed by the farmer and his family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed

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subsistence farming - farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing

farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

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