为了消灾弭祸，农民常常是退而求其次，种种粮以糊口养家或者找其他活儿以维持生计。
To avoid all that, farmers often retreat into subsistence growing or look for alternative livelihoods.
有些农民放弃了耕作，靠砍伐铺铁路的枕木养家糊口。
Some of the farmers had quit farming and were cutting railroad ties so they could feed their families.
与我交谈的农民仅十年前还在从事仅能糊口的自给型农业。
I spoke to farmers who only ten years ago barely made ends meet as subsistence farmers.
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