subsistence production
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsubsistenceandproduction
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subsistence
noun[U]
uk/səbˈsɪs.təns/us/səbˈsɪs.təns/
the state of having what you need in order to stay alive, but ...
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production
noun
uk/prəˈdʌk.ʃən/us/prəˈdʌk.ʃən/
the process of making or growing goods to ...
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Most of these families depend, to a large extent, onsubsistenceproductionand are found among the 66% group of ' rural poor'.
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The needs ofsubsistenceproductionexplain why a production-centred view of this family obscures the truth about the way it functioned.
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On the supply side, rising opportunity costs of family labor lead to declining returns to labor-intensivesubsistenceproductionsystems.
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With such immediate improvements in rural workers' income level, one might expect thesubsistenceproductionat the agricultural frontier to dwindle.
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More interestingly the settlement data provide useful evidence for the exercise of state power oversubsistenceproduction.
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This fact explains their reliance uponsubsistenceproductionand the meagreness of their income.
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Many have a high productive capacity, but are confronted by institutional constraints in diversifying their activities away fromsubsistenceproduction.
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The durability of farming alongside marketing is most clear-cut with respect to thesubsistenceproductionof millet and sorghum.
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Under the circumstances, continued reliance on own-farmsubsistenceproductionrepresents a vital safety net.
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Different markets, household needs and cropping system niches should be identified and options developed for both market-oriented andsubsistenceproduction.
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It was, in many ways, similar to other preindustrial agricultural societies that were based, to a large extent, onsubsistenceproduction.
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It was this practice ofsubsistenceproductionwhich reveals the economic motives that governed the behaviour of the family.
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Leasing land in these circumstances means foregoingsubsistenceproductionand cashcrop earnings from cultivation.
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A peasant, as noted earlier, is a politically dependent tribute payer who engages insubsistenceproductionand has customary access rights to land.
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The family's labour power andsubsistenceproductionwere interdependent.
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They conceded to labour service in return for the planters granting them the use of 6-acre plots for theirsubsistenceproduction.
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As the opportunity cost of family labor rises, small family farm operations forsubsistenceproductionbecome increasingly unprofitable.
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Despite the possibilities for the control ofsubsistenceproduction, particularly in areas with irrigated agriculture, the most important state revenues were derived elsewhere, from non-agricultural exotic resources.
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The degree of control oversubsistenceproductionenjoyed by the sultan and his provincial magnates extended to the collection of services and dues reminiscent of feudal relations.
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The returns to intensivesubsistenceproductionsystems that require high levels of family labor generally decline relative to production for the market with predominant use of hired labor.
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