Which one of the following best describes the concept of 'Small Farmer Large Field'?
AResettlement of a large number of people, uprooted from their countries due to war, by giving them a large cultivable land which they cultivate collectively and share the produce
BMany marginal farmers in an area organize themselves into groups and synchronize and harmonize selected agricultural operations
CMany marginal farmers in an area together make a contract with a corporate body and surrender their land to the corporate body for a fixed term for which the corporate body makes a payment of agreed amount to the farmers
DA company extends loans, technical knowledge and material inputs to a number of small farmers in an area so that they produce the agricultural commodity required by the company for its manufacturing process and commercial production
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Many marginal farmers in an area organize themselves into groups and synchronize and harmonize selected agricultural operations
Answer: B. 'Small Farmer Large Field' refers to marginal farmers organising into groups and synchronising selected agricultural operations.
The Small Farmer Large Field (SFLF) model aggregates many small landholdings into a single operational unit while RETAINING individual land ownership. Farmers synchronise sowing, irrigation, pest management and harvesting on adjacent plots, treating them as one large field for operational purposes. This enables mechanisation, bulk input procurement, joint marketing and economies of scale that small farmers alone cannot achieve.
Pioneered by Vietnam's An Giang province, the SFLF concept has been promoted in India by NABARD and several state governments to improve smallholder productivity.
Distractors:
(A) Describes refugee resettlement / collective farming, not SFLF.
(C) Describes corporate farming with land lease/surrender.
(D) Describes contract farming.
Source: NABARD / FAO Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture briefs.
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