small-scale peasant economy; smallholder farming
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small-scale peasant economy; petty peasant economy; subsistence farming based on household units
A Marxist economics term describing pre-capitalist agricultural production where land is privately owned or rented by individual families, relying on manual labor with low productivity. Often contrasted with large-scale agricultural capitalism or collective farming.
xiǎo小
nóng农
jīng经
jì济
zài在
fēng封
jiàn建
shè社
huì会
zhàn占
zhǔ主
dǎo导
dì地
wèi位
。
The small-scale peasant economy dominated feudal society.
zhè这
zhǒng种
xiǎo小
nóng农
jīng经
jì济
mó模
shì式
shēng生
chǎn产
xiào效
lǜ率
hěn很
dī低
，
nán难
yǐ以
shì适
yìng应
xiàn现
dài代
huà化
nóng农
yè业
de的
fā发
zhǎn展
。
This smallholder economic model has very low production efficiency and struggles to adapt to the development of modern agriculture.
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suí随
zhe着
gōng工
yè业
huà化
jìn进
chéng程
，
chuán传
tǒng统
de的
xiǎo小
nóng农
jīng经
jì济
zhú逐
jiàn渐
jiě解
tǐ体
。
With the industrialization process, the traditional small-scale peasant economy gradually disintegrated.
zhōng中
guó国
nóng农
cūn村
gǎi改
gé革
zhǐ旨
zài在
gǎi改
zào造
chuán传
tǒng统
xiǎo小
nóng农
jīng经
jì济
，
tí提
gāo高
nóng农
yè业
shēng生
chǎn产
lì力
。
China's rural reforms aim to transform the traditional smallholder economy and improve agricultural productivity.