subsistence farming

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Its agro-ecological diversity is critical for subsistence farming and staple food crops, such as avocados, cassava and maize, as well as export products like cocoa, coffee, bananas and cotton.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Time to Google “What is subsistence farming and how do I start doing it in my yard?”

From Slate • May 27, 2025

All food gardens that sustain the village’s subsistence farming population were destroyed and the three streams that provide drinking water were buried by the landslide, which also blocked the province’s main highway.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

As a teenager, he saw little future here, beyond subsistence farming and helping his father gather wood for charcoal along the slopes of the nearly 10,000-foot Cerro Picacho.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2023

“Going by a regular schedule of settlement, subsistence farming should be years over by now. And there’s obviously trade, so why is there still this much struggle?”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness