List down FIVE (5) benefits of smallholding.
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A smallholding is a small farm. Smallholdings are usually farms supporting a single family with a mixture of cash crops and subsistence farming. As a country becomes more affluent, smallholdings may not be self-sufficient but are valued primarily for the rural lifestyle that they provide for the owners, who often do not earn their livelihood from the farm. There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farms in the world, supporting almost two billion people.[1] Today some companies try to include smallholdings into their value chain, providing seed, feed or fertilizer to improve production. Some say that this model shows benefits for both parties.[2]
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. Small-scale farming promotes communities.
Small farms renew a link between the food people eat and the land they live on. If your food comes from a farm down the road, you can see the plants as they sprout and look forward to the food of a season. It is also a reminder that human hearts and hands work to make the food you eat, not just a corporate label.
The Localism Index created by Stacy Mitchell informs us that 63% of customers in a farmer’s market actually stop and talk to other customers, as compared to 9% in the conventional supermarket. Though the direct causes for this difference are ambiguous, it is worth considering.
Small farms can also work together to become more competitive in the current agricultural market. Such cooperation creates communities amongst farmers and between farming families, hearkening back to a picture of America before the industrial revolution. This is already happening, as we found in The Beauty of the Farm Community.