Subsistence farming is a form of farming in which nearly all crops or livestock are used to maintain the farmer and the farmer’s family, with little surplus for sale or trade. There are several types of subsistence farming, including shifting agriculture, slash-and-burn cultivation, nomadic pastoralism, and the relatively advanced intensive subsistence farming.
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