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She was the daughter of a peasant of Livonia, married a Swedish dragoon, who was killed on the same day in battle. In a springtime landscape a young peasant girl is seated beneath a tree, looking before her over a sunlit plain. The king smiled, and remembering his past pleasures, ordered a thousand crowns to the peasant.
He was the fourth son of a peasant proprietor of Lectourne, a little town on the slopes of the Pyrenees. A farmer or agricultural worker of low status. The word is applied chiefly to agricultural workers in Asia , Europe , and South America , who generally adhere to traditional agricultural practices and have little social mobility or freedom. New Word List Word List. The term peasant can apply to any person engaged in agriculture, cattle-raising, pastoralism, handicrafts related to agriculture, or a related occupation in rural areas.
This includes indigenous people working on the land. The term peasant also applies to the landless. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO definition, the following categories of people are considered to be landless and are likely to face difficulties in ensuring their livelihood:.
Agricultural labour households with little or no land; 2. Other rural households of pastoralists, nomads, peasants practicing shifting cultivation, hunters and gatherers, and people with similar livelihoods. All of the work done on the global level in regards to peasant rights at the United Nations sessions is very relevant in an EU and national context as well. The EU has member states that send representatives to participate in UN working groups. In other words, a person that only grows food for themselves or a bit more to sell in order to gain small profits for basic livelihood.
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