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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. agricultural economics
  4. farms
  5. small farms
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. agricultural economics
  4. farms
  5. small farms
  1. Fields of Study
  2. economics
  3. agribusiness and business economics
  4. business enterprises
  5. farms
  6. small farms
  1. Economics, Trade, Law, Business, Industry
  2. economics
  3. agribusiness and business economics
  4. business enterprises
  5. farms
  6. small farms
  1. Farms, Agricultural Production Systems
  2. farms
  3. small farms

Preferred term

small farms

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Farms with less than $250,000 gross receipts annually, on which day-to-day labor and management are provided by the farmer and/or the farm family that owns the production or owns, or leases, the productive assets.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • smallholder farms

In other languages

  • granjas pequeñas

    Spanish

  • campos pequeñas
  • estancias pequeñas
  • explotaciones agrarias pequeñas
  • fincas pequeñas
  • haciendas pequeñas
  • pequeños productores
  • productores de recursos limitados
  • PYMES (pequeñas y medianas empresas)

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39551

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