subsistence farming

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subsistence farming

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

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subsist′ence farm`ing

farming that provides for the farm family's needs with little surplus for marketing.

[1935–40]

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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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