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subsistence farming

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006123

A farming system where the food and goods produced are predominantly consumed by the farm family and there is little surplus for sale in the market.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006123
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFarms, Agricultural Production Systems
Synonymssubsistence agriculture
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsofarming systems; traditional farming; peasantry
TranslationsSpanish: agricultura de subsistencia
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006123",
  "term": "subsistence farming",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A farming system where the food and goods produced are predominantly consumed by the farm family and there is little surplus for sale in the market.",
  "synonyms": [
    "subsistence agriculture"
  ],
  "subject": "Farms, Agricultural Production Systems",
  "see_also": [
    "farming systems",
    "traditional farming",
    "peasantry"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "agricultura de subsistencia"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/subsistence-farming/"
}

Record 6,123 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.