Giller K.E., Delaune T., Silva J.V., Descheemaeker K., Ven G. van de, Schut A.G.T., Wijk M. van, Hammond J., Hochman Z., Taulya G., Chikowo R., Narayanan S., Kishore A., Bresciani F., Teixeira H.M., Andersson J.A., Ittersum M.K. van. (2021). The future of farming: who will produce our food? Food Security, 01/10/2021, vol. 13, n. 5, p. 1073-1099.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01184-6
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01184-6
Titre : | The future of farming: who will produce our food? (2021) |
Auteurs : | K.E. Giller ; T. Delaune ; J.V. Silva ; K. Descheemaeker ; G. van de Ven ; A.G.T. Schut ; M. van Wijk ; J. Hammond ; Z. Hochman ; G. Taulya ; R. Chikowo ; S. Narayanan ; A. Kishore ; F. Bresciani ; H.M. Teixeira ; J.A. Andersson ; M.K. van Ittersum |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Food Security (vol. 13, n. 5, October 2021) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1073-1099 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.4 - Production Agricole. Système de ProductionThésaurus IAMM SECURITE ALIMENTAIRE ; PRODUCTION ALIMENTAIRE ; PETITE EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE ; AGRICULTURE ECOLOGIQUEMENT INTENSIVE ; AGRICULTURE ; SYSTEME AGROALIMENTAIRE ; SYSTEME DE PRODUCTION ; VIABILITE ECONOMIQUE ; DURABILITE ; PROSPECTIVE ; MONDE |
Résumé : | Achieving SDG2 (zero hunger) in a situation of rapid global population growth requires a continued focus on food production. Farming not merely needs to sustainably produce nutritious diets, but should also provide livelihoods for farmers, while retaining natural ecosystems and services. Rather than focusing on production principles, this article explores the interrelations between farms and farming systems in the global food system. Evaluating farming systems around the world, we reveal a bewildering diversity. While family farms predominate, these range in size from less than 0.1 ha to more than 10,000 ha, and from hand hoe use to machine-based cultivation, enabling one person to plant more than 500 ha in a day. Yet, farming in different parts of the world is highly interdependent, not least because prices paid for farm produce are largely determined by global markets. Furthermore, the economic viability of farming is a problem, globally. We highlight trends in major regions of the world and explore possible trajectories for the future and ask: Who are the farmers of the future? Changing patterns of land ownership, rental and exchange mean that the concept of what is a farm becomes increasingly fluid. Next to declining employment and rural depopulation, we also foresee more environmentally-friendly, less external input dependent, regionalised production systems. This may require the reversal of a global trend towards increasing specialisation to a recoupling of arable and livestock farming, not least for the resilience it provides. It might also require a slow-down or reversal of the widespread trend of scale enlargement in agriculture. Next to this trend of scale enlargement, small farms persist in Asia: consolidation of farms proceeds at a snails pace in South-east Asia and 70% of farms in India are ultra-small less than 0.05 ha. Also in Africa, where we find smallholder farms are much smaller than often assumed ( |
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URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-021-01184-6 |