Farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.

Farming that brings little or no profit to the farmer, allowing only for a marginal livelihood.  

a type of farming in which most of the produce ( subsistence crop ) is consumed by the farmer and his family, leaving little or nothing to be marketed

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http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/570994/subsistence-farming

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http://www.endingextremepoverty.org/

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