subsistence farmer
Grows own food
A subsistence farmer grows crops and raises livestock primarily to feed their own household rather than to sell.
What surplus exists may be traded or sold, but the operation's purpose is survival, not profit.
Subsistence farming remains common in developing regions where access to markets is limited: Most villagers are subsistence farmers who grow rice and vegetables.
- smallholderFarmer of limited land
- family plotReserved graves for relatives
- peasantLow-status agricultural laborer
- homesteadFamily farm and dwelling
- harvestGathering mature crops
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- farmersgrower, smallholder, cultivator, rancher, homesteader
- rural peoplevillagers, farmhand, farmworker, rancher, rural folk
- rural workerspeasant, farm laborer, farmhand, farmworker, field hand
- grain farmers
- ricegrowers
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