preparing the soil and sowing, planting, tending and harvesting field crops
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Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers
Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers grow and harvest field or tree and shrub crops, vegetables and fruit, gather wild fruits, medicinal and other plants, tend or hunt animals, and/or catch fish and gather various forms of aquatic life 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 / All level 3
growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops
gathering wild fruits and medicinal and other plants
breeding, tending and feeding animals and poultry mainly to obtain meat, eggs, milk, hair, skin or other products
fetching water and gathering firewood
storing produce 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
Occupations in this minor group are classified into the following unit groups:
6330 Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers