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.
(a)   Tasks include -
preparing the soil, sowing, planting, tending and harvesting field crops;
growing vegetables, fruit and other tree and shrub crops;
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;
fetching water and gathering firewood;
storing produce for later use and carrying out some processing of produce;
building and maintaining houses and other shelters;
making tools, clothes and utensils for use by the household;
selling or bartering some products at local markets.