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what is intensive subsistence farming ​

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Intensive Subsistence Farming: The term, 'intensive subsistence agriculture' is used to describe a type ofagriculture characterised by high output per unit of land and relatively low output per worker. Although the nature of thisagriculture has changed and in many areas now it is no more subsistence

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RECENTLY, I was seated beside a noted economist, Emmanuel de Dios, in a competitiveness workshop by the Management Association of the Philippines.  He asked me: What is the percentage of subsistence farmers in the country?  I blurted out a high figure which he was hesitant to accept. That meeting is the origin of this piece.

What is a subsistence farmer, or fisher for that matter?

Various references define subsistence farming as one in which a family grows only enough to feed themselves. There is usually not much harvest to sell or trade, and what surplus there is tends to be stored to last the family until the next harvest. By comparison, commercial farming is farming that provides products for sale.

There appears to be no consensus on the definition of subsistence farming. A farmer may be “subsistent” for rice, but semi-commercial for, say, fruits.

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Turning to Philippine agriculture, there are no precise estimates of the number of subsistence farmers. Definitely, low farm yield or low catch for a fisher is a sign of subsistence livelihood.

Let us start with some metrics. The Philippine Statistics Authority estimated that in 2012, 38.3 percent of farmers and 39.2 percent of fishers earned incomes below the poverty threshold.  This is a slight improvement from 38.5 percent and 41.2 percent, respectively, in 2006.

There are no estimates of the poverty rate of landless farm workers. Note: As a guesstimate, I use 40 percent for rural poverty as compared to urban residents’ poverty rate of 13 percent in 2012.

My take is that not all poor farmers are subsistence farmers. In the first half of 2014, the per  food threshold for a family of five was P6,125 per month, while the poverty threshold was per family per month. The figure in the rural areas may be lower.