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This paper examines irrigation management within the Tunisian Water Users Association (WUA),in Nadhour public irrigated area (central of Tunisia). The functioning of 14 WUAs was evaluated based on questionnaires and related interviews. The metho[...]Article
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S. Zollet ; L. Colombo ; P. De Meo ; D. Marino ; S.R. McGreevy ; N. McKeon ; S. Tarra |The negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed and exacerbated the structural weaknesses and inequalities embedded in the global industrial agri-food system. While the mainstream narrative continues to emphasise the importanc[...]Article
Small farms are a key part of the system of food flows that happen outside of marketing channels, and which is a crucial source of food for to the most vulnerable part of the world population living in the rural or connected to the rural through[...]Article
Both in the European Union (EU) and worldwide, the resilience of agri-food systems depends on the human ability to balance between socio-economic and ecological trade-offs. Recent ecosystem services literature acknowledges that smallholder farme[...]Article
Numerous attempts have been made to estimate the share of the worlds food produced by family farms and by farms of different sizes. This paper updates estimates of the number of farms worldwide, their distribution and that of farmland, using th[...]Article
Our current food systems not only fail to end malnourishment, but also exhibit substantial ecological impacts. Thus they are an obstacle to achieving numerous Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our authors have a look at the context and expla[...]Bulletin : Revue Electronique
Rural connections, n. 2 - December 2020
2020This edition focuses on the link between environment, the new CAP and the European Green Deal and brings the finalists of the Rural Inspiration Awards 2020 back into the spotlight. Rural development stakeholders share their views on, among other[...]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
J. Chazarra-Zapata ; J. Chazarra-Zapata ; D. Parras-Burgos ; C. Arteaga ; A. Ruiz-Canales ; J.M. Molina-Martínez |Currently, water users associations (WUAs) in semi-arid areas of southeastern Spain (Murcia region) send a multitude of data supplied by sensors in the field to the cloud. The constant technological revolution offers opportunities for small farm[...]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
Agricultural commodity markets in developing countries often operate in a constrained environment of prohibitive transaction costs. Consequently, smallholder farmers are only partly integrated into these markets, a situation that keeps them in a[...]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[...]Article
Assessing the effectiveness of precision agriculture management systems in mediterranean small farms
L. Loures ; A. Chamizo ; P. Ferreira ; A. Loures ; R. Castanho ; T. Panagopoulos |While the world population continues to grow, increasing the need to produce more and better-quality food, climate change, urban growth and unsustainable agricultural practices accelerate the loss of available arable land, compromising the susta[...]Article
M. Rivera ; A. Guarin ; T. Pinto-Correia ; H. Almaas ; L. Arnalte Mur ; V. Burns ; M. Czekaj ; R. Ellis ; F. Galli ; M. Grivins ; P. Hernández ; P. Karanikolas ; P. Prosperi ; P. Sánchez-Zamora |The importance of small farms is well established and recognized in developing countries, but far less is known about their role in Europe, where agriculture is largely industrialized. In this paper we use a comparative analysis of evidence from[...]Article
The authors provide an overview and the analysis of the situation of agricultural holdings in the Republic of Serbia and Romania, with special emphasis on the importance and role of small and family farms in creating economic and social sustaina[...]Article
Several studies have analyzed whether sustainability standardssuch as Fairtrade or Organicdeliver on their promise to benefit smallholder farmers in developing countries, with mixed results. We conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to [...]Article
The value-added diversification strategy provides an option for guaranteeing the sustainability of small farms. This study examines how factors related to managerial strategy and socio-environmental sustainability influence the efficiency of div[...]Article
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F. Galli ; S. Grando ; A. Adamsone-Fiskovica ; H. Bjørkhaug ; M. Czekaj ; D.G. Duckett ; H. Almaas ; P. Karanikolas ; O.M. Moreno-Pérez ; D. Ortiz-Miranda ; T. Pinto-Correia ; P. Prosperi ; M. Redman ; M. Rivera ; I. Toma ; P. Sánchez-Zamora ; S. Sumane ; K. Zmija ; D. Zmija ; G. Brunori |Despite a longstanding literature on small farm-households, there is limited consideration of small farms role in food and nutrition security (FNS) at territorial level. The purpose of this study is to provide insights about how small farms con[...]Article
L.A. German ; A.M. Bonanno ; L.C. Foster ; L. Cotula |Sustained interest by the business community in commercial agriculture in the global South has been welcomed for its potential to bring capital into long neglected rural areas, but has also raised concerns over implications for customary land ri[...]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
The annual income of small-scale farmers in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, Palestine remains persistently low compared to other sectors. The objective of this study was therefore to explore some of the main barriers to reducing poverty and increa[...]Article
Les industries agroalimentaires jouent un rôle de pivot au sein dune chaîne se composant de trois maillons : un maillon « amont » qui rassemble les agriculteurs et les producteurs de matières premières alimentaires à transformer, un maillon « c[...]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
We propose a new typology of small farms in Europe using a multivariate analysis drawing from household surveys from 14 European countries. The variables to develop the types covered a range of characteristics from farmers' histories and motivat[...]Article
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
La politique de subvention du lait (à la production, à la collecte, et à la transformation) a permis laccès des petits éleveurs de la wilaya de Sétif à la chaîne de valeur de la filière. Cette politique était consolidée par une autorisation min[...]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[...]