subsistence farming

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subsistence farming Meaning of "subsistence farming"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing

Usage(s):

  1. More than two years ago Director Vidor read an article on subsistence farming by Professor Malcolm McDermott of Duke University.
  2. Vietnam is counting on people like Coi as it tries to make the dramatic leap from subsistence farming into the information age.
  3. The calamitous failure of subsistence farming in the 19th century has ensured the preservation of exactly the same kind of subsistence farming in the present.
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