Smallholders

Pope Benedict's reference to "smallholders" -- small farmers -- is very important. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Further activities of the smallholders are the keeping of pigs and poultry as well as the production of mate. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The government has provided substantial subsidies for these farmers - known as smallholders ❋ Unknown (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. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In 2009, G8 committed $22 billion to support agriculture activity, to support smallholders. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In the absence of expensive, Western-style grain stores and processing facilities, smallholders can undertake a variety of measures to prevent damage to their harvests. ❋ Danielle Nierenberg (2011)

This negatively impacts the livelihoods of both city dwellers and smallholders living in the watershed. ❋ Danielle Nierenberg (2012)

Now, The Co-operative and Finlays are, thanks to match funding from the UK Government's Department for International Development, running a scheme to organise thousands of smallholders to become Fairtrade certified. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The smallholders were thrilled to show Peter round their tea farms, their vegetable gardens, their homes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The plan will add up to US $500m to the agricultural component of GDP, create up to 15,000 new jobs and double the household incomes of close to 250,000 smallholders. ❋ Unknown (2011)

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. ❋ Mike Mack (2011)

Support for our big exporters is not incompatible with providing incentives, development and support for smallholders and micro-businesses. ❋ Adam J. Rose (2011)