Word Finder - smallholders

definition

A person who owns or runs a smallholding.

definition

A small slaveholder, a person who owns a smallholding.

example

"…planters and smallholders alike controlled far more than their equitable share of the political power and economic resources in their communities. Because small slaveholders aspired to be planters, they did not often align themselves with the political and economic interests of nonslaveholders." (Wilma P. Dunaway, Slavery in the American Mountain South: "Introduction" 9, 2003)

Improved dermatophilosis control would enable smallholders and farmers relying on draft animals to raise their level of income and secure their sources of food.

This is intended to reach a greater understanding of the current constraints facing smallholders and to improve the efficiency of markets for them.

This information will help smallholders decide if they can justify the cost of treatment against potential cattle and productivity losses to disease.

Farm forestry is another approach being tried, with projects geared to encouraging smallholders to grow more trees on their land.

In contrast, coffee is mostly grown by Mayan smallholders.

In addition, African smallholders have numbers on their side.

Alternatives to Farming In the face of falling incomes and greater pressure on resources, many smallholders are looking for other sources of income.

The Herkulu estate has a very small tea factory manufacturing black tea from green leaf grown on its own estate and by local smallholders.

Life for most Rwandan smallholders is frugal and very hard work, just to get by.

The first set applies to smallholders organized in cooperatives or other organizations with a democratic, participative structure.