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SUBSISTENCE FARMING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does subsistence farming mean?
• SUBSISTENCE FARMING (noun)
The noun SUBSISTENCE FARMING has 1 sense:
1. farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
Familiarity information: SUBSISTENCE FARMING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("subsistence farming" is a kind of...):
agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)
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