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A.P. Antony ; K. Leith ; C. Jolley ; J. Lu ; D.J. Sweeney |In order to feed a growing global population projected to increase to 9 billion by 2050, food production will need to increase from its current level. The bulk of this growth will need to come from smallholder farmers who rely on generational kn[...]Article
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C. Peano ; S. Massaglia ; C. Ghisalberti ; F. Sottile |A growing awareness that highly intensified agricultural systems have made a substantial worldwide contribution to the worsening of the resilience capacity of natural ecosystems has, over the last twenty years, brought general attention to agroe[...]Article
Farm structure is a multi-dimensional concept that can be measured through different criteria. Meanwhile, farm structure has been identified to discern small farms or well-endowed farms from the other farms. Distinguishing and identifying these [...]Article
L. Stringer ; E.D.G. Fraser ; D. Harris ; C. Lyon ; L. Pereira ; C.F.M. Ward ; E. Simelton |One of the greatest challenges humanity faces is feeding the worlds human population in a sustainable, nutritious, equitable and ethical way under a changing climate. Urgent transformations are needed that allow farmers to adapt and develop whi[...]Article
B. Dhehibi ; U. Rudiger ; H.P. Moyo ; M.Z. Dhraief |The objective of this research study was to assess the sources of information on two improved agricultural and livestock technologies (barley variety and feed blocks) as well as the efficacy of numerous agricultural technology diffusion means in[...]Article
Rares ceux qui ne connaissent pas le paysage agraire de Testour. Un patrimoine allant du foncier aux pratiques agricoles ancestrales constitue le gage dune rentabilité économique, sociétale et territoriale. En revanche, plusieurs contraintes pè[...]Ouvrage
G. Brunori, ed. ; S. Grando, ed. | Bingley [Royaune Uni] : Emerald | Research in Rural Sociology and Development | 2020The volume provides an in-depth exploration of the determinants, dynamics and outcomes of rural and agricultural change processes, with a special focus on the role of family farming. Covering both the system and the farm level of analysis, the b[...]Article
Although the positive effects of irrigation on food security and poverty alleviation are well-documented, public investments in this area have been on the decline since the 1990s. Comparing irrigation schemes in Zambia and Morocco, our authors h[...]Article
Les travaux portant sur linclusion des petits exploitants dans lagriculture contractuelle dans le monde dressent des constats contradictoires. En Algérie, lÉtat a engagé en 2009 un programme dappui à lintégration des filières lait et tomate[...]Ouvrage
S. Bouarfa, coord. ; F. Brelle, coord. ; C. Coulon, coord. | Versailles [France] : Editions Quae | Matière à Débattre et Décider | 2020Lagriculture irriguée produit plus de 40 % de lalimentation mondiale sur moins de 20 % des terres cultivées. Lirrigation, qui consiste à agir sur le cycle naturel de leau pour conduire et sécuriser les cultures dans des contextes géographiqu[...]Chapitre d'ouvrage
S. Grando ; F. Bartolini ; I. Bonjean ; G. Brunori ; E. Mathijs ; P. Prosperi ; D. Vergamini | Bingley [Royaune Uni] : Emerald | Research in Rural Sociology and Development | 2020This chapter opens the second part of the Volume, focusing on the small farms' role and dynamics within the evolving food system. Assessing small farmers' actual and potential contribution to the change towards a sustainable food and nutrition s[...]Article
L. Palmioli ; S. Grando ; F. Di Lacovo ; L. Fastelli ; F. Galli ; P. Prosperi ; M. Rovai ; G. Brunori |Small farms contribution to food and nutrition security (FNS) is widely acknowledged; however, the diversity of context-specific characteristics of small farms is still barely documented in terms of farm strategies and household dynamics. The p[...]Article
A. Grzelak ; M. Guth ; A. Matuszczak ; B. Czyzewski ; A. Brelik |Small and labor-intensive farms guarantee a higher degree of environmental sustainability compared to rich, capital-intensive farms. This paper offers a methodological contribution to the value-based sustainability approach, consisting in comput[...]Article
The integration of male and female smallholders in high-end value chains (e.g. those for tree crops like cocoa, oil palm, avocado, and mango), has been promoted throughout the global South as a strategy for poverty alleviation, economic growth, [...]Article
D. Kos ; S. Kloppenburg |Globalization of food value chains has increased the demand for greater transparency over where food is produced, how, by whom and with what effect on society and the environment. A range of new digital technologies are available to facilitate t[...]Article
In a traditional wine region such as Tuscany (Italy), the wine production is perceived by several industry players as weak and fragmented because it is mainly managed by small and medium-sized wineries that have limited market power compared to [...]Article
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G. Sevinç ; M.H. Aydogdu ; M. Cançelik ; M.R. Sevinç |Despite agricultural support in Turkey, agricultural production areas, production quantities, and the number of farmers have gradually decreased. In this research, we aimed to determine farmers attitudes toward public agricultural support polic[...]Article
The concept of inclusive business has gained a central place in development policy and practice. that the underlying premise is that by making small scale farmers part of their business model, companies can increase their profitability and at th[...]Article
R. Oostendorp ; M. van Asseldonk ; J. Gathiaka ; R. Mulwa ; M. Radeny ; J. Recha ; C. Wattel ; L. van Wesenbeeck |Inclusive agribusiness models aim at benefitting broad layers of the farming population in developing countries, not only farmers in well-structured value chains, but also (remote) subsistence smallholders producing for local markets. Under clim[...]Article
Local food markets in relatively remote rural areas face challenges different from those adjacent to urban centers. Between 2007 and 2012, counties in or near urban centers experienced an increase in direct-to-consumer sales, while others did no[...]Article
H. Shilomboleni ; M. Owaygen ; R. De Plaen ; W. Manchur ; L. Husak |Scaling up food security innovations in low-income rural environments has often failed to achieve substantive and lasting results. This poor performance can be attributed to dominant, linear approaches associated with spreading innovations which[...]Article
Globally, governments have encouraged organic farming with smallholder farmers as a rural development strategy. However, certified organic agriculture has proven to be a paradox: certification requirements designed to promote environmentally sus[...]Article
J. Hansen ; J. Hellin ; T. Rosenstock ; E. Fisher ; J. Cairns ; C. Stirling ; C. Lamanna ; J. van Etten ; A. Rose ; B. Campbell |Climate variability is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers and pastoralists, particularly in dryland regions. A growing body of evidence links climate-related risk to the extent and the persistence of rural poverty in these environment[...]Article
Unsustainable use of water is becoming a huge problem. The innovative push-pull-policy approach addresses this issue by involving all stakeholders in promoting better agricultural practices, creating financial incentives to use them and improvin[...]Article
The effects of globalization have often been adverse for the agricultural sector, especially its most vulnerable elementthe small farm. The importance of the agricultural sector as a whole and small farms in the sense of ensuring food security,[...]Article
Les six pays des Balkans de lOuest (Albanie, Bosnie Herzégovine, Macédoine, Monténégro, Serbie, et Kosovo), après près de vingt ans de « dé-collectivisation », allient une taille modeste, une économie fragile et une agriculture encore fortement[...]Article
J. Gaffney ; M. Challender ; K. Califf ; K. Harden |The mergers of some of the world's largest agribusinesses have led to speculation about what sort of global citizens the new companies will become and whether vulnerable rural populations, especially smallholder men and women farmers, will be ne[...]Article