The irrigated areas are run as cooperatives with approximately 2,100 families cultivating small plots.
This campaign was designed to persuade people to cultivate their own gardens and plots in order to combat food shortages.
They cultivate very small plots of land, with very low agricultural productivity.
His work in mechanical reapers and harvesting techniques allowed farmers to cultivate plots of land bigger than ever thought possible.
In some areas, cooperative members had permission to cultivate private plots of land and to keep livestock.
Their culture is based around the hunter-gatherer concept, and they cultivate swidden agricultural plots.
The pioneers of many of the early farming settlements cultivated experimental plots supervised by an agronomist.
The people were forced to cultivate private plots which produced root crops like kangkong.
Farmers, who make up three-fifths of the work force, are now permitted to cultivate private plots and to sell vegetables and meat in open-air markets.
Members of collective farms were permitted to cultivate personal plots of 5,000 m2 or less and to maintain some livestock.