farming that provides for the basic needs of the farmer without surpluses for marketing

agriculture consists largely of subsistence farming and animal husbandry. rugged mountains dominate the terrain and make the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult and expensive.

崎岖的山脉影响了地形，使得公路修筑和其他基本建设既难度大又造价昂贵。

agriculture consists largely of subsistence farming and animal husbandry.

在农业中占很大部分的是种植业和畜牧业。

millions of people are moving from subsistence farming to urban manufacturing, resulting in a massive boost to output.

数以百万计的人口从农村迁往城市从事制造业，将会极大改变世界产业格局。

it’s a small community with a population of 245 people, who survive through subsistence farming and fishing.

社区很小，共有245人，居民们以务农和捕鱼为生，每户每天以4美元左右的收入勉强度日。

because in many cases, the plantations own the most fertile land (which was most often acquired unscrupulously) and the local people won’t survive from subsistence farming alone.

因为在很多情况下，咖啡豆的种植园有着最肥沃的土地（通过不择手段的收购得到），而且他们也无法通过独自耕种而生存下去。

rwanda's dependence on traditional subsistence farming meant that the only way to grow more food was to move onto ever more marginal land.

卢旺达是依赖于传统的只能维持生计的农业，从而意味着增加粮食生产的唯一途径就是把更多贫瘠的土地都开发出来。

those not pressganged into road construction at meagre wages live by subsistence farming and fishing.

那些没有被强行拉去以修筑公路的人，以刚够糊口的农业和打鱼生活。

development typically involves moving workers from low-productivity activities such as subsistence farming to high-productivity sectors.

典型的发展过程要把劳动力从像为了维持生计而进行的农业生产这样的低生产力生产活动转向高生产力行业。

its broad, international coverage includes feedlot systems, transport, subsistence farming systems and the contribution of cattle production systems to land, air and water pollution.

其广泛的国际范围包括饲养场系统，运输，生活耕作制度和牛的生产系统对土地，空气和水的污染。

for the poor of the third-world countries, there is, for the most part, no money, no exchange of goods — just basic survival by subsistence farming or by hunting or fishing for food.

大部分第三世界的穷人，没有钱，没有可供交换的私人财产——只能依靠自给自足的农耕、狩猎或捕鱼赖以为生。