large-scale farmer
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflarge-scaleandfarmer
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large-scale
adjective
uk/ˌlɑːdʒˈskeɪl/us/ˌlɑːrdʒˈskeɪl/
involving many people or things, or happening over a ...
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farmer
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɑː.mər/us/ˈfɑːr.mɚ/
someone who owns or takes care of ...
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Not only will thelarge-scalefarmerbe hit by this tax, but also the smallholder.
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I presume that if thelarge-scalefarmeris doing well, it is because he is producing more efficiently and has greater resources at his command.
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That has been the test for maintaining the subsidy for thelarge-scalefarmer.
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I think it is generally agreed that thelarge-scalefarmerhas been doing remarkably well, and it follows logically that we have to analyse the problem from that angle.
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Being able to write off that amount against income tax is an enormous benefit to thelarge-scalefarmerwho, almost by definition, is a larger employer than the small farmer.
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These conflicts may involve longstanding claims to landownership or grazing access rights that clash with recently granted land concessions to large-scale farmers.
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The two main types of agrarian producers are landowners, who are mostly large-scale farmers, and tenants, who conversely are mostly small-scale farmers.
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For example, are small-scale farmers, who are often the targeted beneficiaries of participatory breeding projects in developing countries, more interested than large-scale farmers?
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Which could be explained in a number of ways, including the likelihood that large-scale farmers have more opportunities to learn about improved varieties, as well as greater risk-bearing capacity.
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Secondly, large-scale farmers (compared to small-scale farmers) may have access to more resources and laborers, resulting in their ability to devote more time to participatory breeding projects.
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For instance privatisation and public sector retrenchment weakened the union movement, and small and large-scale farmers were split over the issue of liberalisation of agricultural markets.
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Powerful ' outsiders ', such as corporate officials, large-scale farmers, sawmillers, and land speculators, are thought to be usually less aware of the importance of the local environment than the rural inhabitants.
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The bulk of production is by medium and large-scale farmers.
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I wonder if they would all be prepared to set an example by cutting back the budgets for their large-scale farmers.
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In other words, less, but spread out more extensively; less support for large-scale farmers; more support for quality and a reasonable existence for farmers.
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To-day large-scale farmers are the sons of men who were family farmers in this old country.
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The intention is to further increase the profits of the agro-industry and large-scale farmers.
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