"subsistence consumption" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to the consumption of basic necessities needed to survive, such as food, water, shelter, etc. For example, "Some people in developing nations are limited to subsistence consumption due to chronic poverty."
Smallholders face poverty traps and subsistence consumption constraints, making it difficult to mobilize savings to cope with weather shocks.
For example, forest products collected for subsistence consumption may be added value and/or sold at the nearby town of Kasane.
Following the LES methodology, subsistence consumption (qph_sub i,h,r)) remains constant and only changes with changes in the population or number of households (poph(h,r)) and any taste changes (asub i,h,r)).
Koo et al. [4] and Shin et al. [5] considered an optimal consumption and portfolio selection problem of an agent who has a quadratic utility function and faces a subsistence consumption constraint.
Some households reportedly had returned to subsistence consumption for economic and food security reasons.
Because biomass is a renewable but limited resource, the implications for subsistence consumption in low-income countries are quite alarming.
On the other hand the CHS is used at household level, derived from household consumption expenditure, subsistence expenditure and household's OOPE.
The CHS is estimated based on capacity to pay, derived from household consumption expenditure, the subsistence expenditure (based on state specific poverty line) and household OOPE on maternal care.
Under the pastoral system, milk production was mainly for subsistence (household) consumption and calf feeding.
Firstly, they help to fulfill households' subsistence and consumption needs in terms of energy and nutrition as well as medical and construction purposes.
Young women's relationships with older men yielded not only profitable rewards to meet subsistence and consumption needs, but also created opportunities for them and their younger partners to push social boundaries about what constitutes appropriate relationships.
