Sentence examples for small-scale peasants from inspiring English sources
In addition, small-scale peasants acquired some of this land through resale by the original buyers.
But overall the urban middle classes and large-scale peasants emerged with the bulk of this land, to the intense frustration of small-scale peasants.
In between stood the economist Virgil Madgearu, who advocated a "third way" of development, neither capitalist nor collectivist but rooted in small-scale peasant agriculture.
In agriculture small-scale peasant farming, still largely on the subsistence principle, remains predominant; and the many signs now visible of enterprise and expansion in Arab industry conform to the same pattern of strong individualism.
On the contrary, he says, collectivisation was a wild gamble – a move arising out of Stalin's conviction that Russia could not achieve socialism without doing away with small-scale peasant farming.
The small-scale peasant economy has been the fundamental way of life for the Han ethnicity up till now, and the Han have not yet rid themselves of their legendary ancestor Shen Nong's shadow.
Their survey of the relevant literature also demonstrates how two tenants of the food sovereignty framework, small-scale peasant-based agriculture and agro-ecological practices, are associated with higher levels of biodiversity and more resilient food systems.
Saragih suggests that his low profile and the fact that he does not take the stage at places like Davos are testimony to the low regard – or even fear – in which elite economists and politicians hold the world's 2 billion peasants and small-scale food producers.
(Central Region) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 1996-2005 [107–109] 5. Plots in the middle of palm oil plantations used by peasants for small-scale subsistence farming.
We hear voices of scientists calling themselves agroecologists because they work with peasants and small-scale family farmers.
La Via Campesina - @via_campesina Serving as the voice for international peasants, La Via Campesina defends small-scale sustainable agriculture from large corporations and transnational companies.
