peasant farmer


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peasant farmer

n → contadino/a
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A clip recently went viral showing a desolate Nyeri peasant farmer uprooting his tea bushes because they no longer give value.
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Having spent this time in China, I wanted to expose my students to some of what I experienced, and give them a glimpse of what a Chinese peasant farmer's life might be like.
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I would hate for my now 8-year-old son to visit Malawi and realise that not everyone is a peasant farmer who is waiting for some International NGO to give them a goat so that they can milk it and sell the milk to buy their child school uniform.
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According to the health bureau, the 64-year-old man surnamed Zhang, who is a peasant farmer of Huzhou City, died at hospital after rescue efforts failed on Thursday night and it was confirmed he was infected with the H7N9 strain.
Sixth Death from H7N9 Bird Flu Reported in China
As a result of these problems, it may be difficult for an average peasant farmer to safeguard the correct use of these inputs that are time and quality specific for best performance.
Econometric analysis of the impact of agricultural insurance on farming systems in the Middle Belt, Nigeria
Peasant farmer Banda, from the village of Lumundu, claimed it had been the first time he had met with the pop star's representatives since last year's adoption.
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Peasant farmer Yohane Banda, 33, said he was "disappointed" that the megarich pop star has not financially supported David's family in Malawi.
FURY OF DAVID'S pounds 50-A-YEAR DAD
Mr Banda, a peasant farmer who earns a living growing maize, tomatoes and potatoes, said he used to ride a bicycle to visit his son.
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To lease a land share owned by an individual, the peasant farmer has to agree the terms with the landowner and then negotiate the allotment of a specific plot of land with the manager of the local corporate farm, which in most cases is the current user of the land shares in the village.
Development of peasant farms in Central Russia
They then pulled in key Brazilian NGOs and social movements, including IBASE, ABONG, the CUT (Brazilian trade union movement) and the MST (the Brazilian peasant farmer movement) to form an organizing committee that hosted the first WSF gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2001.
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A FORMER peasant farmer's cottage is now on the market for a whopping pounds 850,000.
Peasant cottage grown in size and price
He recalls that period as one when he, as an educated Hutu, was "hunted" by Tutsi for daring to aspire to a higher standing than a mere peasant farmer. But the Hutu prevailed.
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