Journal
WORLD DEVELOPMENT
Volume 87, Issue -, Pages 1-15Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.012
Keywords
family farming; smallholder agriculture; Brazil; Malawi; food and nutrition security; sustainable development
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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2014 was the United Nations' International Year of Family Farming, yet the importance of family farming for global food security is still surprisingly poorly documented. In a review of agricultural census data, we find that globally family farms constitute over 98% of all farms, and work on 53% of agricultural land. Across distinct contexts, family farming plays a critical role for global food production. We present two examples of policy approaches toward family farmers-Brazil and Malawi-to provide insight into some of the complexities and challenges behind the global numbers. (C) 2015 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.
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