Definition of "smallholder" [smallholder]

• A person who owns or runs a smallholding. (noun)
• A small slaveholder, a person who owns a smallholding. (noun)

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• "Malawi is one example of successful investment in smallholder farmers, helping them gain access to seeds and fertilizers."
• "If donors will match that successful effort with similar pooled support in areas such as smallholder agriculture, primary education, primary health, family planning and infrastructure, Africa's leaders can do the rest."
• "The goal in this research, he said, is to provide food security by increasing economic returns to "smallholder" farming households who depend on rain-fed agriculture."