She was wearing what used to be called a peasant blouse, with little red bows at the wrists and neck.

NEWYORKER: Free Radicals

There is little prospect of improvement for him, unless the government embarks on long-term efforts in peasant education and micro-technologies, to strengthen cottage output, such as flowers.

ECONOMIST: Chile

On tiny plots, and often poor-quality soil, without modern equipment or farming methods, and sometimes beset by land disputes, many peasant farmers struggle to feed their family and grow just a little extra to sell in the village market.

ECONOMIST: The problems of plugging a square economy into a round world