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==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1:needing no outside help in [[satisfying]] one's basic [Necessity|needs]], especially with regard to the production of [[food]]: I don't [[think]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana Botswana], due to the [[climate]], could ever be self-sufficient in food.

*1:needing no outside help in [[satisfying]] one's basic [Necessity|needs]], especially with regard to the production of [[food]]: I don't [[think]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botswana Botswana], due to the [[climate]], could ever be self-sufficient in food.

*2:[[emotionally]] and [[intellectually]] [[independent]]: their son was a little bit of a loner and very ''self-sufficient''.

*2:[[emotionally]] and [[intellectually]] [[independent]]: their son was a little bit of a loner and very ''self-sufficient''.

==Description==

==Description==

'''Self-sufficiency''' (also called ''self-containment'') is the state of not requiring any aid, [[support]], or [[interaction]], for [[survival]]; it is therefore a type of [[personal]] or [[collective]] [[autonomy]]. On a national scale, a totally self-sufficient [[economy]] that does not trade with the outside world is called an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarky autarky].

'''Self-sufficiency''' (also called ''self-containment'') is the state of not requiring any aid, [[support]], or [[interaction]], for [[survival]]; it is therefore a type of [[personal]] or [[collective]] [[autonomy]]. On a national scale, a totally self-sufficient [[economy]] that does not trade with the outside world is called an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autarky autarky].

The term ''self-sufficiency'' is usually applied to varieties of [[sustainable]] living in which nothing is consumed outside of what is produced by the self-sufficient [[individuals]]. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include [[simple]] living, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homesteading homesteading], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-grid off-the-grid], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism survivalism], DIY ethic and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-the-land_movement back-to-the-land movement].

The term ''self-sufficiency'' is usually applied to varieties of [[sustainable]] living in which nothing is consumed outside of what is produced by the self-sufficient [[individuals]]. Examples of attempts at self-sufficiency in North America include [[simple]] living, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homesteading homesteading], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-grid off-the-grid], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism survivalism], DIY ethic and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-the-land_movement back-to-the-land movement].

[[Practices]] that enable or aid self-sufficiency include autonomous building, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture permaculture], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_agriculture sustainable agriculture], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy renewable energy].

[[Practices]] that enable or aid self-sufficiency include autonomous building, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture permaculture], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_agriculture sustainable agriculture], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy renewable energy].

The term is also applied to limited forms of self-sufficiency, for example growing one's own [[food]] or becoming economically [[independent]] of state subsidies.

The term is also applied to limited forms of self-sufficiency, for example growing one's own [[food]] or becoming economically [[independent]] of state subsidies.