| More than 60 per cent of farmers in Zambia are smallholder or peasant farmers who depend largely on rain-fed agriculture. |
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| The EU said in a statement it believes that the highest incidence of poverty is among the smallholder communal farmers. |
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| The beneficiaries are not smallholder farmers but huge multinational agribusinesses. |
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| This was being done by linking development activities of smallholder producers and rural entrepreneurs with commercial agribusinesses. |
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| Tourism and terrorism have turned out to be twin vectors of change for the old Kenya of pastoralism, smallholder farms, and colonial ranches. |
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| He is a smallholder, a farmer of Chardonnay, and right now his local reputation and personal pride is on the line. |
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| This is especially pertinent for the coffee industry, which in many producing countries is characterized by smallholder production. |
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| That feature is linked to the original development of the irrigation areas with smallholder fruit blocks for soldier settlers and, later, new immigrants. |
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| Young people must also be encouraged to adapt the smallholder model they inherit if it is to survive the 21st century. |
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| Financial inclusion is a huge enabler of impact for smallholder farmers, but credit alone is insufficient. |
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| I understand that smallholder agriculture can be a difficult sell to the business community. |
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| Threats and intimidation of smallholder farmers who resist selling their land is commonplace. |
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| Also whenever a farmer changes to a new way of farming there are risks, which can be catastrophic for a smallholder. |
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| Issue: Two thirds of the world's poor live in rural areas and depend primarily on smallholder, farm and non-farm activity for their livelihoods. |
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| Because food security and HIV are closely interlinked, concrete action to support smallholder farmers is vital. |
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| It will help you to understand how the health of the soil affects the success of smallholder farmers. |
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| In the past, rural development has been closely associated in many people's minds with agriculture and smallholder farming. |
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| In particular, smallholder farmers are recognized as playing an important role in responding to the ongoing food crisis. |
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| In this way, co-operative international agricultural research provides crucial support for smallholder farmers to move from subsistence to surplus agriculture. |
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| Most are smallholder farmers who call themselves campesinos. |
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| A Yorkshire smallholder kept the wolf from the door after her business was wiped out by foot and mouth by selling the fleeces of rare breed sheep over the Internet. |
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| Important local crops include corn and some smallholder plantation crops such as coffee. |
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| Robinson argue that certain natural endowments gave rise to distinct colonial policies promoting either smallholder or coerced labor production. |
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| Canada made a commitment that would double its support for developing countries, particularly smallholder farmers and women in developing countries. |
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| Sainsbury's recognises that the current situation is extremely tough for the smallholder growers in the Windwards. |
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| A vast range of hobbies and activities are reflected in Scout badges, from horse riding to sailing, coxswain to smallholder, air navigation to parascending. |
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| Adesina has become an evangelist for turning Africa's smallholder farmers – most of our food production occurs on farms that are less than a hectare in size – into businesses that generate growth at all income levels. |
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| As a result, most smallholder farmers in ACP states are forced to eke out a living on impoverished soils with little or no access to fertilisers and appropriate information on sustainable soil fertility management. |
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| We support the idea that smallholder farm management of resources is needed to maintain sufficient stock levels and minimize the effects of climate change and natural disasters. |
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| The need to protect the livelihoods of smallholder farmers is slowly being recognised in the light of the rapid expansion of large-scale mechanised farms. |
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| In the light of compliance costs, international donor assistance plays an important role in securing participation of small and mediumsized businesses, and smallholder farmers in developing countries. |
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| In the face of such tastelessness he, like the smallholder who loads his shotgun to scare off the robber of his orchards, has but one answer: let him have both barrels! |
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| In this case, the teaching of biointensive methods in Kenya is successful as it targets the smallholder farmers. |
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| Depending on the type of crop, the share of the profits retained by the smallholder farmers who labour to grow the produce has in many cases fallen sharply even as prices have climbed. |
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| In addition the commercial manager will hire several of the smallholder farmers to train and work with and who may eventually manage the commercial system. |
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| There are about 3,000 smallholder irrigation schemes covering a total area of 47,000 ha. |
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| Snail farming in Britain is now booming, with grow-your-own enthusiasts adding escargots to their burgeoning smallholder collection of home-grown and home-reared livestock. |
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| Smallholder farmers predominated in the 1960s and 1970s but declined as a result of civil conflict. |
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