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Together, these remains point to a balanced subsistence strategy that combined fishing, hunting, gathering, and farming.

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In the South, entire families worked long hours for subsistence wages in company-owned villages.

She said the extra amount - £23,000 - was for travel and subsistence costs which covered flights to and from Turkey, hotel accommodation, and general subsistence costs.

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The father-of-three tells the BBC he is too afraid to return to subsistence farming because "the insurgents are still lurking. Just yesterday, they abducted over 10 people".

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Its agro-ecological diversity is critical for subsistence farming and staple food crops, such as avocados, cassava and maize, as well as export products like cocoa, coffee, bananas and cotton.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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