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Subsistence agriculture

About: Subsistence agriculture is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 8069 publications have been published within this topic receiving 156876 citations. The topic is also known as: subsistence farming.


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TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the data on recent climate-related range changes of a number of Arctic animal populations is carried out, in terms of how projected environmental changes may affect this other aspect of Inuit subsistence.
Abstract: Considerable attention has been devoted to the possible effects of global climate change on the environment of the circumpolar world.With regard to the Inuit, the aboriginal culture of Arctic Canada, research interest has focused principally on the vulnerability of the hunting and harvesting component of the traditional food system, otherwise frequently referred to as the subsistence system, if wild terrestrial and marine resources become less available. Although also concerned with the traditional Inuit food economy, this paper concentrates on the customary institutional mechanisms by which the Inuit distribute and share the products obtained from hunting. After analysing this social economy, a review of the data on recent climate-related range changes of a number of Arctic animal populations is carried out, in terms of how projected environmental changes may affect this other aspect of Inuit subsistence. After tentatively concluding that some species substitution and/or replacement will occur, the final aspect of the paper considers the potential for the possible exclusion of these “replacements” as a result of the political aspect of climate change.

98 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, three methods for measuring the benefits of commercial and subsistence livestock production in Africa are discussed: biological measures of herd performance are illusstrated with material from Botswana, the profitability of the herding operation can be measured economically, a technique which requires the ascription of cash values to in-kind produce.

98 citations

01 Jan 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used an ideal typology of Greek farms to identify different types of farms as regards their mode of survival, and linked each survival strategy to different motivations for and constraints against the adoption of alternative farm enterprises.
Abstract: Farm household survival strategies are acknowledged to determine the adoption of alternative farm enterprises as part of the farm household’s production and reproduction pattern and are, thus, used to identify the potential adopters of such enterprises. The present work utilises an ideal typology of Greek farms in order to identify different types of farms as regards their mode of survival. Each survival strategy is linked to different motives for and constraints against the adoption of alternative farm enterprises. Results show that three types of farm households may be identified, namely subsistence, survivalist and productivist farm households. The potential adopters of alternative farm enterprises may be traced among farm households that pursue a survivalist mode of production. It is argued that the diversity of farm structures observed within this type of farm households cannot be regarded as the decisive factor as far as their mode of survival is concerned. Rather, it is considered to form a context of different motivations for and constraints against the adoption of alternative farming activities. r 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

98 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the transition towards an agrarian way of life probably happened during a complex and continuous process of migration, integration and gradual assimilation between pioneering farmers and local hunter-gatherers.

98 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examined distributive mechanisms that facilitate the efficient flow and utilization of harvest and other products in the Nanavut community of Clyde River, Baffin Island, and suggested that contemporary Inuit subsistence, while retaining its essential/traditional cultural goal -shared responsability for community well-being- does not always conform to commonly held assumptions of hunter-gatherer sharing as generalized reciprocity.
Abstract: Discussion of Inuit subsistence has until recently concentrated on the quantitative evaluation of wildlife harvesting. Because of this concern with food production as the core of subsistence, the social relations of production and consumption that underlie Inuit subsistence activity have often been given secondary attention at best. The A. examines distributive (« ningiqtuq ») mechanisms that facilitate the efficient flow and utilization of harvest and other products in the Nanavut community of Clyde River, Baffin Island. It is suggested that contemporary Inuit subsistence, while retaining its essential/traditional cultural goal -shared responsability for community well-being- does not always conform to commonly held assumptions of hunter-gatherer sharing as generalized reciprocity

98 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023534
20221,101
2021279
2020268
2019297
2018303