small holding

piece of land

parcel of land retained by the former owner

piece of land [ tract of land ]

baby potato

Aubergine pea potato and cauliflower bhaji

These are small parcels of land and this is precisely why the reserve is there.

I know the land did not cost much, but I am hard pressed to buy small one-acre or two-acre lots in my lifetime.

I'm wondering if there is a problem in areas like Indonesia and so on, where there is no opportunity for land redistribution or for small holdings to stay as small holdings.

Observes that agricultural investment policies mostly focus on large-scale land acquisitions and on export-oriented agriculture that is usually unrelated to local economies; notes that the development of extensive irrigation in the targeted geographical investment areas of NAFSN may reduce water availability for other users, such as small-scale farmers or pastoralists; stresses that under those circumstances the ability of mega-PPPs to contribute to poverty reduction and food security must be critically assessed and improved; emphasises that agricultural investment policies should be linked to and should support the development of the local economy, including smallholders and family farming; recalls that the FAO ...[+++]Tenure Guidelines recommend secure access to land in order to allow families to produce food for household consumption and to increase household income; stresses the need to base large-scale land-based investment in Africa on these guidelines, ensuring smallholders’ and local communities’ access to land, promoting local SME investment. and ensuring that PPPs contribute to food security and to reducing poverty and inequality.