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Sustenance



 
  Sustenance can refer to any means of subsistence or livelihood;
  • food
    Food

    Food is any substance, usually composed of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water, that can be Eating or Drinking by an animal or human for nutrition or pleasure....
  • any subsistence economy
    Subsistence economy

    A subsistence economy is an economy in which a group attempts to produce no more output per period than they must consume in that period in order to survive, but do not attempt to accumulate wealth or to transfer productivity from one period to the next....
    : see list of subsistence techniques
    List of subsistence techniques

    Subsistence is the food necessary to sustain life.The following is a list of subsistence economy:* Hunter-gatherer techniques, also known as Foraging:...
    • hunting-gathering
    • animal husbandry
      Animal husbandry

      Animal husbandry, also called animal science, stockbreeding or simple husbandry, is the agriculture practice of animal breeding and raising livestock....
    • subsistence agriculture
      Subsistence agriculture

      Subsistence agriculture is self-sufficiency farming in which farmers grow only enough food to feed their family and pay taxes. The typical subsistence farm has a range of crops and animals needed by the family to eat during the year....

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  • Economy