8, 18, 21, 22 In southeast Asia, despite improved malaria control, a major challenge for malaria elimination is the high mobility of populations in specific settings such as border regions, which are often inhabited by impoverished ethnic minorities largely dependent on the forest for subsistence, as is the case in the Vietnamese and Cambodian highlands.
The economy of the district is largely agrarian with about 90% of the population dependent on subsistence agriculture.
Rwanda is a country of few natural resources, and the economy is heavily dependent on subsistence agriculture, with an estimated of the working population engaged in farming.
About 30% of the Romanian workforce is still dependent on agriculture, and subsistence farming barely pays the bills.
Most African economies remain dependent on subsistence agriculture and, hence, the weather.
Typically, bushmeat is consumed as a luxury product in urban centres, but for some living in rural areas and dependent on subsistence hunting, it can be the sole source of animal protein and fat.
In Nepal, majority of the population is mainly dependent on subsistence farming with seasonal migration to India or other countries.
Many live in remote, isolated communities and are, as depicted by Fred Machetanz on the cover of this issue, still dependent on a traditional subsistence way of life that has little economic infrastructure.
The events leading up to Mahon's death epitomized much of what was wrong with pre-famine Ireland: the largely parasitical landlord class, the deep sectarianism that further divided rulers and ruled, and an underclass largely dependent on the potato and living on the margin of subsistence.
Subsistence farming communities are dependent on the landscape to provide the resource base upon which their societies can be built.
