list of subsistence techniques

This article is about subsistence techniques. For the 2006 video game, see Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.Subsistence is the food necessary to sustain life.The following is a list of subsistence techniques:Hunting and Gathering techniques, also known as Foraging:freeganism — involves gathering of discarded food in the context of an urban environment.gleaning — involves the gathering of food that traditional farmers have left behind in their fields.Cultivation:Horticulture — plant cultivation, based on the use of simple tools. subsistence agriculture — agricultural cultivation involving continuous use of arable (crop) land, and is more labor-intensive than horticulture.Pastoralism, the raising of grazing animals:Pastoral nomadism — all members of the pastoral society follow the herd throughout the year.Transhumance or agro-pastoralism — part of the society follows the herd, while the other part maintains a home village.Ranch agriculture — non-nomadic pastoralism with a defined territory.
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