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subsistence farming

Title English: 
subsistence farming
Definition English: 
1 : farming or a system of farming that provides all or almost all the goods required by the farm family usually without any significant surplus for sale. 2: farming or a system of farming that produces a minimum and often inadequate return to the farmer —called also subsistence agriculture.
Title Arabic: 
زراعة الكفاف
Domain: 
Sustainable Development
Subject: 
Agricultural Development
InformationType: 
Term
SourceSymbol: 
E/ESCWA/EDGD/2014/2