ISCO Unit Group 6330 Subsistence Mixed Crop And Livestock Farmers
Definition
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, 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.
Tasks include -
(a) preparing the soil, sowing, planting, tending and harvesting field crops;
(b) growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops;
(c) gathering wild fruits, medicinal and other plants;
(d) breeding, tending and feeding animals and poultry mainly to obtain meat, eggs, milk, hair, skin or other products;
(e) fetching water and gathering firewood;
(f) storing produce for later use and carrying out some processing of produce;
(g) building and maintaining houses and other shelters;
(h) making tools, clothes and utensils for use by the household;
(i) selling or bartering some products at local markets.
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.
