The phrase
"small farmers" refers to individuals who own or work on small-sized farms. These farms are usually smaller in scale and may be independently operated, often producing a variety of crops or raising animals for their own use or for local markets.
Small farmers are important in agriculture as they contribute to local food production, help sustain rural economies, and often follow sustainable farming practices.
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A new insurance program has been launched to help
small farmers in developing countries recover from devastating effects of climate change.
With all these benefits
for smaller farmers, one wonders why they are not the ones protesting against being denied these enabling technologies.
While largely lauded as a bipartisan effort, there was some opposition
by small farmers who feared that compliance with the law would be a burden that their businesses would suffer under.
Most of the vegans I know
support small farmers, organic agriculture, and fair labor as well as animal rights.
Its purpose is to
help small farmers in resource - poor settings, in developing countries, and emerging markets become more professional growers.
Through our sourcing program, we work
with small farmers to achieve organic and sustainable production, and support their communities by paying fair market prices and funding community projects.
Our mission is to support local agriculture & sustainable practices by
giving small farmers an outlet for the food they grow.
In poor countries, technology transfer and improvements in infrastructure and farming techniques could boost productivity and help
make small farmers more self - sufficient.
It's what
allows small farmers to preserve their meat at the peak of freshness and distribute it over a longer period of time.
We need to speak with our wallets and financially support our
local small farmers, the organic farmers and producers, and the environmentally - friendly manufacturers.
He said it is still unclear — with limited deals moving to production — if the deals will help or
hurt small farmers.
Small farmers need the attention of university researchers, who for half a century have worked all but exclusively to find ways for big farms to increase yields.
As in, they wanted to go in and
tell small farmers how much dust their equipment could stir up.
Having a farmer «at the table» would ensure clarity around the realities
facing small farmers, and cultivate direct relationships between farmers and consumers.
From this financial year, crop loan would go up by Rs 3 lakh and would be given to
small farmers at zero per cent interest.
Finally, growing numbers
of small farmers are in transition to the internationally recognized certified organic sector, with a view to tap lucrative export markets.
It was feared this would make organic certification too expensive
for small farmers and reduce the amount of organic coffee on the market.
In 2005 more than 90 percent of the 8.5 million farmers who grew biotech crops were
small farmers in developing countries.
There are many reasons to join a CSA:
supporting small farmers, the element of surprise, eating local and in season, the list goes on.
This is a very critical step, as the coconut nectar is produced
by small farmers, scattered kilometers from one another.
An additional benefit of treating cancer with whole foods is that it would likely
help small farmers and the agricultural industry.
While we all agree that factory farming needs a lot more regulation that it is currently receiving, imposing the same rules
on small farmers practically insures that they will go broke and have to sell out to big agricultural companies.
Many ex-slaves settled
as small farmers in the mountains or on marginal lands in the plains away from the plantations, and the economy slowly diversified from sugar to a broader range of exports including wood, coffee and bananas.
• Source our iconic ingredients sustainably; • Improve the livelihoods of
small farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; • Champion equality for women and people of color through supplier diversity programs, educational programs and employee focused initiatives; • Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering our carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.
The combination of high prices of natural gas, which is used to make nitrogen fertilizer, and of phosphate, as reserves are depleted, suggests a much greater future emphasis on nutrient recycling — an area
where small farmers producing for local markets have a distinct advantage over massive feeding operations.
So while the giants of the pork industry address the problem of dry, tough pork with enhanced products,
small farmers do it by raising fatter hogs.
This fundraising season, participating groups have raised over $ 148,800 by selling delicious, organic and fairly traded chocolate, coffee, cocoa, tea and more, while supporting
small farmers around the world.
Ironically, the increased melting means a water bonanza now, but César Portocarrero, an engineer who helps
small farmers install drip irrigation systems in Peru's Cordillera Blanca, named for its snow - capped peaks, said he has seen an increase in conflicts between neighbors and communities, which may be an early sign of water stress.
Changing the agricultural methods of
small farmers requires efforts from various sides and must comprise financial support in order for the farmers to change their way of producing, according to the researchers.
Filmmaker Marina Zenovich peels back the layers of California's convoluted water structure — wealthy water barons show their guilty hand in exploiting the state's resource,
while small farmers and neighboring towns endure debilitating drought.
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When small farmers try and get credit, [the banks] place lots of bureaucratic obstacles in the way, which in reality are deliberately designed to make the farmer give up.»
Many Colombians believe that they are its intended result, that the real aim of the war against insurgents and against drugs is really to
get small farmers off their land in order to make room for development.
«Our experimentation with jatropha shows us that it is unsuitable for Indian
small farmers due to its need for watering, manuring and its long gestation period,» says Srinivas Ghatty of Tree Oils.
A change in the U.S. pricing and subsidy system might not make enormous differences for
small farmers worldwide, but with many of the world's farmers living on less than $ 1 per day, small differences turn out to be significant.
Kerry's origins date back to 1972 when three shareholders — the state - owned Dairy Disposal Company, a group of eight
small farmer co-operatives in Co..
Billionaire philanthropist puts focus on protecting
small farmers saying they are likely to suffer the most from climate change.