smallholder

Noun

Meaning

a person owning or renting a smallholding

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A patch of potatoes grown by a Peruvian peasant or an Irish smallholder for personal use could be described as either a garden or a farm. Source: Internet

But until the project is completed, the smallholder farmers would continue to face the perennial flooding in the country especially in the northern part of the country. Source: Internet

But Charles Dhewa, the chief executive officer of Knowledge Transfer Africa, an indigenous systems company that operates eMkambo, another digital agriculture solution, said mobile applications were not yet directly benefitting smallholder farmers here. Source: Internet

Little care is taken to exclude twigs, leaves, and even bark from the lumps that are formed, which may also include tree lace collected by the smallholder. Source: Internet

Successful projects have engaged smallholder farmers in a way that their local knowledge can be optimally harnessed and combined with scientific and technological solutions. Source: Internet

The acreage available for cultivation is shrinking due to a number of factors, including population pressure, lack of access to land, and rules of corporate globalisation designed to make profits at the expense of smallholder farmers. Source: Internet

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