Sentence examples for main subsistence from inspiring English sources

The main subsistence crops are barley as a winter crop and corn (maize) and fresh vegetables as summer crops.

Shellfish, deep-sea fish, surf fish, acorns, and game were the main subsistence staples for coastal peoples.

Fishing and agriculture are the main subsistence activities, but the Huave also depend on markets in nearby towns to meet their needs for staple foods and manufactured goods.

Wet rice (paddy) provides the main subsistence; it is cultivated in the valley bottoms and in terrace gardens built on the hillsides.

Millet, rice, wheat, and corn (maize), as well as yams and cassava (manioc), are the main subsistence crops, while cotton is an important commercial crop; peanuts (groundnuts), sugarcane, tobacco, and tea are also grown for market.

Milk is the main subsistence product of cattle.

In the main, the subsistence activities of each group closely followed the patterns described earlier, albeit with two changes.

Arable farming based on a short-fallow cultivation system was its main means of subsistence.

IN a recent communication, Marlier and Leleup1 have described how the Tanganyikan Cichlid fishes of the genus Plecodus deliberately attack other fishes and bite off the scales, which are their sole or main means of subsistence.

A small country in West Africa, with a population of about 7 million, Togo's main industry remains subsistence agriculture, on which more than half of the Togolese continue to depend.

The U.S. Army in World War II and for many years after used five main classifications: (1) subsistence and forage, (2) equipment and other items regularly issued to organizations and individuals, (3) fuels, (4) equipment and materials of irregular issue such as construction materials, and (5) ammunition.