Land and Agriculture
Definition(s)
Definition variable, e.g.:
- farms “with a low asset base and operating in less than 2 hectares of cropland” (World Bank Rural Development Strategy, 2003);
- operating under structural constraints such as access to sub-optimal amounts of resources, technology and markets;
- limited resource endowment compared to those of other farmers in the sector (Dixon et al., 2004);
- struggle to be competitive (…) (Brooks et al., 2009). (Source: Defining small-scale food producers to monitor target 2.3 of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, FAO, 2017)
- farms “with a low asset base and operating in less than 2 hectares of cropland” (World Bank Rural Development Strategy, 2003);
- operating under structural constraints such as access to sub-optimal amounts of resources, technology and markets;
- limited resource endowment compared to those of other farmers in the sector (Dixon et al., 2004);
- struggle to be competitive (…) (Brooks et al., 2009). (Source: Defining small-scale food producers to monitor target 2.3 of the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, FAO, 2017)
Hierarchy
Broader: agricultural practice
Related terms:
family farming
peasant
smallholder
In other languages
French
agriculture à petite échelle
Russian
мелкомасштабное ведение сельского хозяйства
Spanish
agricultura en pequeña escala
Chinese, Simplified
小规模农业
Arabic
الزراعة الضيقة النطاق
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