An estimated 2.5 billion subsistence farmers worked in 2018, cultivating about 60% of the earth's arable land.
ɐn ˈɛstᵻmˌeɪɾᵻd tˈuː.fˈaɪv bˈɪliən sʌbsˈɪstəns fˈɑːɹmɚz wˈɜːkt ɪn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪtiːn, kˈʌltᵻvˌeɪɾɪŋ ɐbˌaʊt sˈɪksti pɚsˈɛnt ʌvðɪ ˈɜːθz ˈæɹɐbəl lˈænd.