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Smallholder

Meaning in agriculture, with examples

nounCommon term

In agriculture, smallholder means: A farmer who works a small area of land, often a few hectares or less, mainly with family labor and limited capital.

In Turkish: küçük ölçekli çiftçi, küçük üretici, küçük işletme sahibi

How it is used

Common in FAO, World Bank and NGO reports and in development projects. Experts discuss smallholders' access to credit, markets, inputs and advice. The adjective form is 'smallholder' too: smallholder farmers, smallholder agriculture.

Example sentences

  1. Most hazelnut growers on the Black Sea coast are smallholders with less than five hectares.

  2. The program helps smallholder farmers sell directly to supermarkets.

Common collocations

  • smallholder farmers
  • smallholder agriculture
  • support smallholders
  • smallholder families
  • cooperativeAn organization owned and run by its farmer members, who join together to buy inputs, process or sell produce, or share equipment and services.
  • food securityA situation in which all people at all times can obtain enough safe, nutritious and affordable food for an active and healthy life.
  • subsidyMoney or other support paid by the government to farmers to keep production profitable, lower costs or encourage certain practices.
  • farm-gate priceThe price a farmer receives for a product when it leaves the farm, before transport, processing, wholesale and retail costs are added.
  • hectareA metric unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters, or ten decares; the standard unit for land and yields in international agriculture.

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