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"Small land-holding farmers struggle to get enough fertiliser, so we thought our FPO can help them," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

He was born in 1948 into an elite land-holding family in the eastern state of Bihar.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2023

The Quimby Family, Elliotsville Foundation and 50 land trusts and other land-holding groups have joined together in First Light, an effort to learn the history of Wabanaki land and to work to restore ancestral lands.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2020

The two-week operation, which will mark the defeat of Isis as a land-holding force, has been repeatedly stalled as thousands of civilians have streamed out of the town.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2019

Serfdom was abolished and the old caste system, with its restrictions on land-holding, abandoned.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park