Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa
Smallholder farms are crucial to feed the planet but are also food insecure. This chapter uses quantitative data on smallholder systems across sub Saharan Africa to analyse the consequences of unequal land access. Variation in farm size is large and looks different in different regions. Commonly use...
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| author | Wijk, Mark T. van Hammond, James Frelat, Romain Fraval, Simon |
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| description | Smallholder farms are crucial to feed the planet but are also food insecure. This chapter uses quantitative data on smallholder systems across sub Saharan Africa to analyse the consequences of unequal land access. Variation in farm size is large and looks different in different regions. Commonly used thresholds to define smallholders are therefore over-simplifications and the relationship between farm size and food security is complicated. Farm sizes are changing rapidly and we need to better understand the consequences for food security to more efficiently target interventions to improve the well-being of the vulnerable rural populations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace969752024-04-25T06:00:45Z Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa Wijk, Mark T. van Hammond, James Frelat, Romain Fraval, Simon food security livelihoods Smallholder farms are crucial to feed the planet but are also food insecure. This chapter uses quantitative data on smallholder systems across sub Saharan Africa to analyse the consequences of unequal land access. Variation in farm size is large and looks different in different regions. Commonly used thresholds to define smallholders are therefore over-simplifications and the relationship between farm size and food security is complicated. Farm sizes are changing rapidly and we need to better understand the consequences for food security to more efficiently target interventions to improve the well-being of the vulnerable rural populations. 2019 2018-08-28T12:25:43Z 2018-08-28T12:25:43Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96975 en Limited Access Elsevier Wijk, M.T. van, Hammond, J., Frelat, R. and Fraval, S. 2018. Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa. IN: Reference module in food science. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Elsevier. |
| spellingShingle | food security livelihoods Wijk, Mark T. van Hammond, James Frelat, Romain Fraval, Simon Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa |
| title | Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Unequal access to land: Consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | unequal access to land consequences for the food security of smallholder farmers in sub saharan africa |
| topic | food security livelihoods |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/96975 |
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