English Dictionary

marginal farmer

noun

A farmer with a bare subsistence level of income from their own land, sometimes working as an agricultural laborer. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marginal, farmer.

The government has implemented various schemes to support marginal farmers.

意味（1）

A farmer with a bare subsistence level of income from their own land, sometimes working as an agricultural laborer.

In India, the percentage of marginal farmers among all farmers is nearly 70%.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see marginal, farmer.

First, in equilibrium the marginal (last) farmer finds that the cost of the last unit of fertilizer (i.e. the market price) is just equal to its benefit.