// Unit group · 6310

Subsistence Crop Farmers

Subsistence crop farmers grow and harvest field or tree and shrub crops, vegetables and fruit, in order to provide food, shelter and, in some cases, a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.

6 Skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers / 63 Subsistence Farmers, Fishers, Hunters and Gatherers / 631 Subsistence Crop Farmers / All level 4

// Working conditions

ChemicalsHeat and coldLifting and posture

// Hand tools

  1. 1General Hand Tool Operation

preparing the soil and sowing, planting, tending and harvesting field crops

growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops

fetching water and gathering firewood

storing for later use and carrying out some processing of produce

building and maintaining houses and other shelters

making tools, clothes and utensils for use by the household

selling or bartering some products at local markets.

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Subsistence crop farmer
- Subsistence gardener
- Subsistence vegetable grower

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Crop farm labourer - 9211
- Firewood collector- 9624
- Water collector- 9624

Notes

Workers in a subsistence setting whose main tasks are fetching water and gathering firewood are classified in Unit Group 9624: Water and Firewood Collectors. Workers in subsistence agriculture who perform a limited range of simple and routine tasks, usually under the direction of others, are classified in the relevant unit group in Sub-major Group 92: Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Labourers.

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