Question of the Week: Small Scale Farming

Small Scale Farming faces several issues which are debilitating and prevent the sector from reaching its full potential. Factors such as limited capital resources for investment and a lack of technical knowledge are examples of these issues. What are the features or characteristics of small scale farming that have been influenced by people who were slaves and indentured laborers?

Modern Day Peasantry!

For the Caribbean region there were specific constraints to the development of peasantry and small farmer holdings. Take a look at the video below for more:

Additionally, modern day peasantry  and the negative effects it carries are as much a reality today as plantation economics. The effects which such economies have on a people may not be as server in comparison to the current setting of agricultural structure in developing countries across the world. The following provides a prime example of such: