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Nov 12, 2013 15:57
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Portuguese term

Agricultura de Subsistência

Portuguese to English Tech/Engineering Livestock / Animal Husbandry Agricultura de Subsistência
... poucas pessoas no sertão ainda resistem da agricultura de subsistência.

Proposed translations

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17 mins
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subsistence farming

subsistence farming (or agriculture)


7 Conservar-se, durar, subsistir: Esses trapos mal resistem ao uso. Apesar de tudo, o doente vai resistindo
Example sentence:

Few survive on subsistence farming.

Peer comment(s):

agree Claudio Mazotti
4 mins
agree Robert Forstag : Seems to be the more usual term in English.
7 mins
agree Pablo Julián Davis : In context, I think this is the one.
17 mins
agree Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
18 mins
agree Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun : Mais usual.
23 mins
agree Ana Rita Santiago
29 mins
agree Paulinho Fonseca
54 mins
agree T o b i a s
1 hr
agree Douglas Bissell : Absolutely! Farming not agriculture
2 hrs
agree Muriel Vasconcellos
2 hrs
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15 mins

Subsistence Agriculture

Subsistence Agricultre


Explicação:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsistence_agriculture

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subsistence farming - The Free Dictionary
www.thefreedictionary.com/subsistence farming
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a type of farming in which most of the produce (subsistence crop) is consumed by the farmer and his family, .

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/subsistence farming
Peer comment(s):

agree Jose Manuel Braga : ou Subsistence Farming
3 mins
Obrigada!
agree Claudio Mazotti
6 mins
Grata!
agree Ana Rita Santiago
31 mins
Grata !
agree Paulinho Fonseca
57 mins
Obrigada Paulinho!
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