From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms
Smallholder farmers in developing countries play a key role in meeting the future food demands of a growing and increasingly rich and urbanized population. However, small-holders are not a homogeneous group that should be supported at all costs. Whereas some smallholder farmers have the potential to...
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| author | Fan, Shenggen Brzeska, Joanna Keyzer, Michiel Halsema, Alex |
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| description | Smallholder farmers in developing countries play a key role in meeting the future food demands of a growing and increasingly rich and urbanized population. However, small-holders are not a homogeneous group that should be supported at all costs. Whereas some smallholder farmers have the potential to undertake profitable commercial activities in the agricultural sector, others should be supported in exiting agriculture and seeking nonfarm employment opportunities. For smallholder farmers with profit potential, their ability to be successful is hampered by such challenges as climate change, price shocks, limited financing options, and inadequate access to healthy and nutritious food. By overcoming these challenges, smallholders can move from subsistence to commercially oriented agricultural systems, increase their profits, and operate at an efficient scale—thereby helping to do their part in feeding the world’s hungry. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1552992025-11-06T05:55:21Z From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms Fan, Shenggen Brzeska, Joanna Keyzer, Michiel Halsema, Alex smallholders subsistence farming land land management commercialization Smallholder farmers in developing countries play a key role in meeting the future food demands of a growing and increasingly rich and urbanized population. However, small-holders are not a homogeneous group that should be supported at all costs. Whereas some smallholder farmers have the potential to undertake profitable commercial activities in the agricultural sector, others should be supported in exiting agriculture and seeking nonfarm employment opportunities. For smallholder farmers with profit potential, their ability to be successful is hampered by such challenges as climate change, price shocks, limited financing options, and inadequate access to healthy and nutritious food. By overcoming these challenges, smallholders can move from subsistence to commercially oriented agricultural systems, increase their profits, and operate at an efficient scale—thereby helping to do their part in feeding the world’s hungry. 2013 2024-10-10T14:06:39Z 2024-10-10T14:06:39Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155299 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fan, Shenggen; Brzeska, Joanna; Keyzer, Michiel and Halsema, Alex. 2013. From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms. Food policy report. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896295582. |
| spellingShingle | smallholders subsistence farming land land management commercialization Fan, Shenggen Brzeska, Joanna Keyzer, Michiel Halsema, Alex From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms |
| title | From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms |
| title_full | From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms |
| title_fullStr | From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms |
| title_full_unstemmed | From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms |
| title_short | From subsistence to profit: Transforming smallholder farms |
| title_sort | from subsistence to profit transforming smallholder farms |
| topic | smallholders subsistence farming land land management commercialization |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155299 |
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