Sentence examples for small-scale farms from inspiring English sources

Such a holistic view is essential to understanding the impacts of land reform, says Scoones. "There is often an assumption - particularly in southern Africa, where there is a long history of large-scale commercial agriculture - that small-scale farms are simply scaled-down versions of the large-scale commercial sector, with the same needs and ambitions.

But the gap between big and small-scale farms here is very wide.

The largest cullings came on small-scale farms that were under contract to the company, he said.

They are creating small-scale farms near urban areas hungry for quality produce and willing to pay a premium.

Much of its landscape is covered by small-scale farms, clinging to the sides of mountains that run along a major faultline between the Indian and Eurasian plates.

American and Colombian officials who defend the eradication have noted that coca farmers with small-scale farms could voluntarily stop their coca in exchange for a benefits package.

"At the moment, we're trying to combine small-scale farming with gigantic farms," he said.

Mr. Reynolds said the flood could have a crippling toll on his small-scale farm.

It is these very small-scale farming operations that produce cocoa.

Like most local people, the Camerons survived on tourism and small-scale farming.

The activities book downstairs offers every conceivable small-scale farming activity.