smallholder
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈsmɔlˌhoʊldər/
- UK
:
pequeño agricultor
- Cotton was then clearly a smallholder crop in the lower Sorocabana region, not an area of major coffee production.
- smallholder farmers
- smallholder production
- smallholder agriculture
Examples
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Mechanized irrigation is problematic for most smallholders, so they practice labor-intensive splash irrigation.
Academic text (2002) -
Estate owners were expropriated, and the land was distributed to smallholders or, in some cases, transferred to state farms.
Academic text (1991) -
Smallholder involvement was initiated in 1979, involving estate and smallholder schemes.
Academic text (2000) -
As many as 22,000 smallholders signed up, generally through regional associations.
Academic text (2002) -
For the most part, coffee production has helped smallholders in highland Costa Rica improve their lives and build better communities.
Academic text (1997) -
Thus, in both countries, agrarian reforms installed a mass of smallholders as the dominant force in the countryside.
Academic text (1993) -
But state policies have not always favored the smallholder in Costa Rica, nor have they done so uniformly throughout the country.
Academic text (1997) -
The disintegration of feudalism ushered in the advent of smallholder farming.
Academic text (1998) -
Many of the farmers involved in shifting their plots downslope are marginal smallholders.
Academic text (1996) -
Many smallholders depend on local markets to sell their fresh produce.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who grows crops or raises animals on a farm
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2.0
A person who owns or works on a small farm to grow food
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3.7
A farmer who rents land from a landowner instead of owning it
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9.4
A person who works a very small farm often in Scotland or northern England
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7.5
A small farmer who grows and gathers food plants
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Morphology
Etymology
Smallholder comes from the simple parts small and holder, where holder means 'one who holds', so picture a person who 'holds' a small piece of land. That's why a smallholder is someone who owns or farms a small plot of land.