A farmer who works a small piece of land — a smallholding. Usually a family growing food and keeping a few animals, with enough to eat and a little left to sell, rather than a business with machines and hired workers.

A farmer一個農夫 who works耕種 a small piece of land一小塊土地——a smallholding這塊地就叫 smallholding。Usually通常 a family一個家庭 growing food and keeping a few animals種糧食、養幾隻動物，with enough to eat and a little left to sell夠自己吃、還能剩一點拿去賣，rather than a business with machines and hired workers而不是用機器和雇工經營的農場企業。

The word is British, and it is also the standard word in development and aid writing, where you meet phrases like "smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia". In that world it carries real weight: most of the world's food is grown by people like this, and they are the ones with no cushion when the rain fails.

The word is British這個字是英式用法，and it is also the standard word in development and aid writing也是發展與援助寫作裡的標準用詞，where you meet phrases like "smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia"你會看到像「smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia（非洲和亞洲的小農）」這樣的說法。In that world在那個領域裡 it carries real weight這個詞很有分量：most of the world's food is grown by people like this世界上大部分的糧食都是這樣的人種出來的，and they are the ones with no cushion when the rain fails而他們正是雨一旦不下就毫無緩衝的人。

In Britain today it has a second, gentler life. People who leave the city to keep chickens, goats and vegetables on a few acres call themselves smallholders. That is a choice, often alongside another job — closer to a way of living than to survival.

In Britain today在今天的英國 it has a second, gentler life這個詞有了第二種、比較溫和的用法。People who leave the city to keep chickens, goats and vegetables on a few acres那些離開城市、在幾英畝地上養雞、養羊、種菜的人 call themselves smallholders會自稱是 smallholders。That is a choice這是一種選擇，often alongside another job常常還兼著另一份工作——closer to a way of living than to survival比較像是一種生活方式，而不是為了求生存。

There is no scorn in the word at all. Unlike "small-time", it simply says how much land. Americans would more often say "small farmer" or "small-scale farmer".

There is no scorn in the word at all這個詞裡完全沒有輕視的意味。Unlike "small-time"不像「small-time（不起眼、沒出息）」那樣，it simply says how much land它只是單純在講地有多大。Americans would more often say美國人比較常說 "small farmer" or "small-scale farmer""small farmer"或"small-scale farmer"。