subsistence farming

• subsistence agriculture

subsistence farming (uncountable)

1. (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.

• subsistence economy

• “subsistence farming”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “subsistence farming”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “subsistence farming”, in Collins English Dictionary.