Question

What is definition of small and marginal farmer in india?

Answer 1

'Marginal Farmer' :- means a farmer cultivating (as owner or tenant or share cropper) agricultural land up to 1 hectare (2.5 acres).

'Small Farmer' :- means a farmer cultivating (as owner or tenant or share cropper) agricultural land of more than 1 hectare and up to 2 hectares (5 acres).

Answer 2

Marginal farmer: a farmer with a modest sustenance level of pay from his private property, seldom serving as an agricultural laborer. In other words, a marginal farmer implies a peasant cultivating (as proprietor or occupant or sharecropper) farming tract up to 1 hectare.  

Small farmer: a farmer implies a farmer farming (as proprietor or tenant or sharecropper) agrarian field of more than 1 hectare and up to 2 hectares.