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Subsistence Crop Farmer

OFO Code: 631101

Last checked 3 October 2026

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1. Occupation identity

OFO code
631101
Occupation
Subsistence Crop Farmer
Classification
OFO 2021
Major group
SKILLED AGRICULTURAL, FORESTRY, FISHERY, CRAFT AND RELATED TRADES WORKERS
Unit group
6311 · Subsistence Crop Farmers

Official description
Subsistence crop farmers grow and harvest field or tree and shrub crops, vegetables and fruit, in order to provide food, shelter and a minimum of cash income for themselves and their households.

More official OFO detail

Specialisations: Market Gardener

  • Catching fish and gathering other forms of aquatic life
  • Building and maintaining houses and other shelters
  • Fetching water and gathering firewood
  • Hunting animals
  • Gathering wild fruits, medicinal and other plants; breeding, tending and feeding animals and poultry mainly to obtain meat, eggs, milk, hair, skin or other products
  • Storing produce for later use and carrying out some processing of produce
  • Preparing the soil
  • Sowing, planting, tending and harvesting field crops
  • Making tools, clothes and utensils for use by the household
  • Selling or bartering some products at local markets
  • Growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops

2. Demand status

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