small farmer
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmallandfarmer
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small
adjective
uk/smɔːl/us/smɑːl/
little in size or amount when compared with what is typical ...
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farmer
noun[C]
uk/ˈfɑː.mər/us/ˈfɑːr.mɚ/
someone who owns or takes care of ...
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(Definition ofsmallandfarmerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The first chapter provides an excellent summary of the links between climate uncertainty and thesmallfarmer.
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It was here that thesmallfarmerof less than 50 acres rapidly disappeared.
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These supermarkets purchase produce only from large-scale growers, leaving thesmallfarmerwith the traditional markets, now less lucrative and serving fewer people.
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There are three subcategories of farmer:smallfarmer, big farmer, and other farmer.
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The rise and increasing strength ofsmallfarmerorganizations that try to influence buying prices marked this period.
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Contrary to the notion that markets are a force of social dissolution, new trading practices and free market policies have not weakened community relations amongsmallfarmerneighbours and kin.
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Jappalante betweensmallfarmerpeers is an important way of coping with the scarcity of mechanised farming material due to economic liberalisation.
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Thirsk argues that thesmallfarmercould adopt new ideas rapidly enough when convinced that they served his interests.
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They have made great progress during the past 10 or 12 years, but this year has been the worst thesmallfarmerhas had.
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We do not seek to deny that these subsidies are for the benefit of thesmallfarmer.
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He stressed, and the whole debate is on this, the position of thesmallfarmerand the farm worker.
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By taking up another couple of holes in his belt, thesmallfarmeris able to carry on.
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I have a friendly feeling for thesmallfarmer, the chap who has to work most of the hours of daylight to make ends meet.
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It has been found that it must be concentrated, that it cannot, for example, be run by thesmallfarmer.
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Asmallfarmerdoes not care to embark upon costly litigation which brings him into conflict with his neighbour.
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Thesmallfarmeris the man whom we want to encourage.
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I have a friend who is asmallfarmerand gamekeeper and who lives up on the moors.
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