Usually means: Farmer growing food for survival.
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We found 6 dictionaries that define the word subsistence farmer:

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  1. subsistence farmer: Merriam-Webster
  2. subsistence farmer: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Subsistence farmer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Subsistence farmer: Deardorff's Glossary of International Economics

(Note: See subsistence_farming as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (subsistence farming)

noun:  (agriculture) Farming in which almost all of the livestock raised or crops produced are used by the farmer and their family to survive, without significant surplus for sale or trade.
▸ Also see subsistence_farming


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