smallholders

Pope Benedict's reference to "smallholders" -- small farmers -- is very important.

About.com Catholicism 2008

Further activities of the smallholders are the keeping of pigs and poultry as well as the production of mate.

1. Overview 1991

The government has provided substantial subsidies for these farmers - known as smallholders

Worldwatch Institute 2009

Most low grown teas are made at independent factories, which buy leaf from small tea farmers, known as smallholders mostly in the deep south of the island.

LBO-Lanka Business Online 2008

In 2009, G8 committed $22 billion to support agriculture activity, to support smallholders.

Food Security Tops Agenda of Paris Meeting 2011

In 2009, G8 committed $22 billion to support agriculture activity, to support smallholders.

Food Security Tops Agenda of Paris Meeting 2011

This negatively impacts the livelihoods of both city dwellers and smallholders living in the watershed.

Danielle Nierenberg: Innovation of the Week: Rewarding Farmers for Providing Ecosystem Services Danielle Nierenberg 2012

My company, Syngenta, has set up model programs around the world that use technology and know-how to open smallholders to worldwide opportunities, such as connecting Brazilian coffee growers to coffeehouses in Europe and the U.S., and working to double rice productivity while cutting labor costs in Asia.

. . . But Only if Governments Allow It to Mike Mack 2011

This negatively impacts the livelihoods of both city dwellers and smallholders living in the watershed.

Danielle Nierenberg: Innovation of the Week: Rewarding Farmers for Providing Ecosystem Services Danielle Nierenberg 2012

Support for our big exporters is not incompatible with providing incentives, development and support for smallholders and micro-businesses.

Dilma Rousseff Inauguration Speech: Brazil's First Female President Addresses Congress In Brasilia (FULL TEXT) Adam J. Rose 2011