subsistence - a means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence" survival, endurance - a state of surviving; remaining alive 3. subsistence - the state of existing in reality; having substance being, beingness, existence - the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradual...
Define Subsistence agriculture. Subsistence agriculture synonyms, Subsistence agriculture pronunciation, Subsistence agriculture translation, English dictionary definition of Subsistence agriculture. n a type of farming in which most of the produce is co