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Smallholder farmer

Farmer who manages a small landholding, typically relying on family labour and facing high exposure to climate risk.

Definition source: AGROVOC: smallholders

Synonyms

smallholder, family farmer

Broader

Farmer

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Stakeholder is engaged in a qualifying intervention (adopts, finances, or promotes), OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or impact; NOT adaptation when named only as an actor in a value chain or project, with no climate-risk role.

Example of use

CIMMYT and IITA drought-tolerant maize programmes targeted smallholder farmers in drought-prone areas.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

STK_002 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/STK_002
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/STK_002)