smallholder agriculture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallholderandagriculture
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smallholder
noun[C]
uk/ˈsmɔːlˌhəʊl.dər/us/ˈsmɑːlˌhoʊl.dɚ/
someone who owns ...
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agriculture
noun[U]
uk/ˈæɡ.rɪ.kʌl.tʃər/us/ˈæɡ.rə.kʌl.tʃɚ/
farming:
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(Definition ofsmallholderandagriculturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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At the same time, there was implicit recognition of the major coordination challenges facing private investors insmallholderagriculture.
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This emphasis onsmallholderagricultureis not universally supported, nor is it monolithic within the government.
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In addition to its nutritive value, cereal straw represents an important income forsmallholderagriculture.
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Thus, growth in this important source of current rural employment depends directly on growth insmallholderagriculture.
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It was replaced by a highly fragmented and intensive pattern ofsmallholderagriculturethat rapidly deteriorated through land exhaustion and miniaturisation.
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The decline in land productivity (the on-site effect) is the major cost of soil erosion insmallholderagriculture.
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Smallholderagricultureconsists mainly of subsistence maize, beans and pigeon pea.
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Unambiguous theoretical findings tend to flow only from substantial sets of simplifying assumptions, and such assumptions, measured against the observed facts ofsmallholderagriculture, seem largely untenable.
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While the increased wage labour opportunities are important and beneficial, clearly the most important effect of these investments is to increase the profitability ofsmallholderagriculture.
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Other aid goes directly to promoting the private sector—namely,smallholderagriculture.
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Smallholderagriculturepredominates and is generally more efficient than large state farms.
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To facilitate the articulation ofsmallholderagricultureto a market economy, by establishing policies for the proper use of natural resources.
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Rousseau emphasizes thatsmallholderagricultureas the only form of legitimate ownership.
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