More than 80% live from subsistence farming.
Most of that land, they argue, has been stolen from subsistence farmers.
Both are illiterate rural people without skills apart from subsistence farming.
The administration can help Africans make the transition from subsistence to commercial farming.
The bulk of the economy shifted from subsistence to commercial farming.
As America evolved from subsistence to commercial agriculture, an influential commercial class increased its power in nearly every colony.
Agricultural production, most of it from subsistence farming, accounts for about one-third of the country's gross domestic product.
Their populations are growing fast, and rising incomes are prompting a switch from subsistence crops to grains.
This city-state confected from subsistence has now witnessed the opening of the world's tallest building – the Burj Khalifa, steel-ribbed, glass-clad and completely unsustainable.
Such investments are crucial for the millions of African smallholder farmers aiming to escape poverty and move from subsistence to scale.
A new report, commissioned by Global Witness, claims communities benefited more economically before GVL came, from subsistence farming, hunting and selling charcoal.
