2023 Economy - Agriculture

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

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