// Unit group · 6330

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 and 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 / 633 Subsistence Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers / All level 4

// Working conditions

BiologicalHeat and coldLifting and postureMachinery

// 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

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

Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Mixed subsistence farmer

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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