零れい細さい農のう

noun

subsistence farming; small-scale farming

Refers to farming on a very small scale, often just enough to support the farmer's own family, with little surplus for sale. The term can also imply poverty or marginal livelihood.

• この地ち域いきでは零れい細さい農のうが多おおく、現げん金きん収しゅう入にゅうはほとんどない。

  In this region, subsistence farming is common, and there is almost no cash income.

• 零れい細さい農のうから脱だっ却きゃくするために、新あたらしい作さく物もつの導どう入にゅうを検けん討とうしている。

  To move away from subsistence farming, they are considering introducing new crops.