The phrase "poor villagers" refers to people who live in rural areas and are not wealthy. They often lack money, resources, and have limited opportunities for a better life. Full definition
Not just poor villagers, more that 20 million people from all over the world have gone there. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
We meet poor villagers in Kenya who are turning back the encroaching desert, and take heart from renegade farmers in Wisconsin, undeterred by widespread hardship, who are learning to thrive while caring for the land. (bookbrowse.com)
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP)-- The latest crackdown on illegal logging in Cambodia is «just a game» and big timber traders are winning, says Ouch Leng, a former government official who has spent two decades helping poor villagers fight poaching of precious tropical forests. (apnews.com)