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subsistence farming

subsistence farming noun: 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.

Noun

subsistence farming (uncountable)

  1. 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.

subsistence farming meaning in Tamil and Kannada

subsistence farming in Tamil

தற்தேவை, நிறைவுசெய் வேளாண்மை

subsistence farming in Kannada

ಕೌಟಿಂಬಿಕ ಕೃಷಿ

Forms of subsistence farming

alternative formsubsistence agriculture

Questions about subsistence farming

What does subsistence farming mean?
Subsistence farming means 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.
What is subsistence farming in Tamil?
Subsistence farming in Tamil is தற்தேவை, நிறைவுசெய் வேளாண்மை. See Subsistence farming meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subsistence farming?
Subsistence farming is a noun.

Words near subsistence farming in the dictionary

  1. subsisted
  2. subsistence
  3. subsistence crop
  4. subsistence crops
  5. subsistence economy
  6. subsistence farming
  7. subsistence level
  8. subsistence levels
  9. subsistences
  10. subsistencies
  11. subsistency

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subsistence farming (page history and authors); subsistence farming (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subsistence farming (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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