Sentence examples for part of subsistence from inspiring English sources

These practices are most extensively used as a part of subsistence agriculture, but their use in large-scale production systems is becoming more common.

She outlines the idea of the unique human sexual division of labor (men the hunters and women the gatherers) and the exchange of meat for fidelity, or "sex contract", but then questions whether hunting is more of a social signal than an essential part of subsistence.

Especially in developing countries, such flocks may be a part of subsistence agriculture rather than a system of trade.

Sheep have always been part of subsistence farming in Africa, but today the only country that keeps significant numbers of commercial sheep is South Africa, with 28.8 million head.

Oil palm is an integral part of modern subsistence economies in West Africa, and archaeological evidence suggests that it also played an important role in antiquity.

About 300 million poor rural people in India depend on forests for at least part of their subsistence and cash livelihoods, which they earn from fuelwood, fodder, sal leaves, and a range of non-timber forest products, such as fruits, flowers, and medicinal plants.

Barley is a crucial part of household subsistence at high elevations, and strong farmer selection to maximize productivity in each location could drive this divergent pressure.

Exactly what protected the town is not clear; the availability of better water supplies and housing may have contributed, but it may also have been due to not being part of the subsistence economy to start with, and hence not nutritionally compromised at the time of the epidemic.

The remains of cultivated plants confirmed that plant resources formed an important part of the past subsistence strategies.

Food banks serve multiple roles in communities, ranging from 'emergency responses' to individualized and short-term experiences of hunger, to 'chronic' supports as part of long-term subsistence strategies.

Both whales were harvested in 2010 as part of the native subsistence hunt in Barrow, Alaska.