Subsistence farming
- Very-small scale farming
- Non-profit family farming
Description
Raising only sufficient food to feed one's family and have seeds for the following season as a way of maintaining independence and sustaining a rural economy.
Counter-claim
Subsistence farming keeps people tied to small plots of land, without access to basic services in health, education or utilities.
It uses land inefficiently, leading to food shortages, because of the number of non-food producers.
It creates a growing body of the dispossessed outside of the monied economy.
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Value
SDG
Metadata
Database
Global strategies
Type
(D) Detailed strategies
Subject
Agriculture, fisheries » Farming
Social activity » Organization
Society » Disadvantaged
Society » Family
Content quality
Presentable
Language
English
Last update
Mar 24, 2022