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Q26·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2023

Best description of concept 'Small Farmer Large Field'

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Question

Which one of the following best describes the concept of 'Small Farmer Large Field'?

Options

a

Resettlement 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

b

Many marginal farmers in an area organize themselves into groups and synchronize and harmonize selected agricultural operations

Answer
c

Many 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

d

A 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

Explanation

The 'Small Farmer Large Field' (SFLF) model is an innovative agricultural strategy where individual marginal farmers group together to synchronize farming operations (like plowing, planting, and harvesting). By operating their small, adjacent plots as one "large field," they gain economies of scale without surrendering ownership to corporations.

SFLF is an operational cooperative model achieving scale through synchronization, avoiding the pitfalls of corporate land alienation.

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2023

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q26

Subject

Economy

Sub-topic

Agriculture & Allied

Type

Factual single

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

FAO Small Farmer Large Field Cooperative Agriculture Model 2022

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