smallholding

/ ˈsmɔːlˌhəʊldɪŋ /

noun

1. a holding of agricultural land smaller than a small farm

Other Word Forms

• smallholder noun

Example Sentences

Many of these people survive on what they grow on their smallholdings and make money from what is left over.

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There is a small brook at one end of Ms Johnson's smallholding.

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He says the technology could improve the lives of the poorest farmers in the world: “70% to 80% of farmers are smallholding farms with two to three animals.”

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He has found that current modeling of local smallholding forestation sites is not compatible with the internationally agreed Paris Agreement.

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Tourism offered vital extra earnings for many, with few other work opportunities outside tilling the land on smallholdings.

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