Example Sentences

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All of these compounding factors "are of dire concern to growers, as they can have devastating effects on crops, putting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers at risk."

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

Today, the country produces more than 40% of the world’s dried red chili, nearly all grown by smallholder farmers.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

Over the past five years, with the help of local communities and smallholder farmers, the organisations have planted nearly two million trees.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2024

Atul Jadhav, 26, a smallholder farmer in Kambi village in the region, said returns on farming are so dire that he “won’t allow” his children to take it up when they’re older.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

Even the thrashing machine, universally adopted, presents disadvantages in comparison with the ancient flail, generally regarded as obsolete, though still to be found in occasional use by the smallholder or allotment occupier.

From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Savory, Arthur H.