Most of its 600m people live as subsistence farmers.
But most of Myanmar's people still toil away as subsistence farmers.
Development typically involves moving workers from low-productivity activities such as subsistence farming to high-productivity sectors.
Many start out as subsistence farmers and are among the first in their families to earn a regular wage.
Most East Timorese are still eking out a living as subsistence farmers, disappointed with the meagre fruits of independence.
Food shortages are approaching crisis levels in some districts of Uganda as subsistence farmers sell their crops for cash, according to government officials.
The exodus over the years has, in fact, left small villages in the area wiped out, as subsistence farmers gave up to work in the city.
Although most Mexicans live in urban areas, Chiapas remains a largely rural state with a majority of residents living as subsistence farmers or peasant laborers.
Ninety-five per cent of Rwanda's land was under cultivation, and the average family consisted of eight people living as subsistence farmers on less than half an acre.
Gelana, Dibaba and Roba are from the same village, Bekoji, located above 9,000 feet in Ethiopia's southern highlands where many residents live as subsistence farmers.
Two in five Namibians live on less than $1.25 a day; 60% continue to eke out a living as subsistence farmers.
