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Keywords: Livelihood, Survive, Meager, Furnishes, Farming

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That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.

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a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence"

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pertaining to the survival or continued existence of; means of support or livelihood.

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The required items an organism needs in order to survive.

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The process of catching fish for the purpose of survival. There are special rules and methods which are allowed when a person is subsistence fishing vs. sport fishing.

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It is the description of a situation in which individuals, institutions or cultures have a security framework to assure their survival.

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