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Family farming and the worlds to come

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Family farming and the worlds to come/ edited by Jean-Michel Sourisseau.
Published:	Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands : : 2015.,
Description:	x, 361 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Family farms. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9358-2
ISBN:	9789401793582 (electronic bk.)

Family farming and the worlds to come
Family farming and the worlds to come[electronic resource] /edited by Jean-Michel Sourisseau. - Dordrecht :Springer Netherlands :2015. - x, 361 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.

Acknowledgements -- Foreword,- General introduction -- Part 1. Defining and understanding family farming systems -- 1. Family farming: at the heart of the history of world agriculture -- 2. Defining, characterizing and measuring family farming models -- 3. Families, work and the farm -- 4. Family farming and other forms of agriculture -- Part 2. Helping to feed the world and territories to live -- 5. Contributing to ecological and social systems -- 6. Contributing to territorial dynamics -- 7. Contributing to production and international markets -- 8. Contributing to innovation, policies and local democracy -- Part 3. Meeting the challenges of the future -- 9. Challenges of poverty, employment and food security -- 10. Energy challenges: threats or opportunities? -- 11. Sanitary challenges increasingly relevant on a global scale -- 12. Challenges of managing and using natural resources -- Part 4. Research and the challenge of family farming -- 13. Co-constructing innovation: action-research in partnership -- 14. Innovations in management advice to family farms -- 15. Support for the prevention of sanitary risks -- 16. Agricultural biodiversity and rural systems of seed production -- 17. Lessons learnt and perspectives for ecological intensification -- Conclusion -- References -- List of authors.

What is family farming? How can it help meet the challenges confronting the world? How can it contribute to a sustainable and more equitable development? Not only is family farming the predominant form of agriculture around the world, especially so in developing countries, it is also the agriculture of the future. By declaring 2014 the International Year of Family Farming, the United Nations has placed this form of production at the center of debates on agricultural development. These debates are often reduced to two opposing positions. The first advocates the development of industrial or company agriculture, supposedly efficient because it follows industrial processes for market-oriented mass production. The second promotes the preservation of family farming with its close links between family and farm. The authors of this book wish to enrich the debates by helping overcome stereotypes which often manifest through the use of terms such as small-scale farming, subsistence farming, peasant, etc. Research work has emphatically demonstrated the great adaptability of family farming systems and their ability to meet the major challenges of tomorrow but it has also not overlooked their limitations. The authors explore the choices facing society and possible development trajectories at national and international levels, and the contribution that agriculture will have to make. They call for a recommitment of public policies in favor of family farming in developing countries and stress the importance of planning actions targeted at and tailored to the family character of agricultural models. But, above all, they highlight the need to overcome strictly sectoral rationales, by placing family farming at the core of a broader economic and social project. This book is the result of a collaborative effort led by CIRAD and encapsulates three decades of research on family farming. It will interest researchers, teachers and students, and all those involved in national and international efforts for the development of countries in the South.

ISBN: 9789401793582 (electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-94-017-9358-2doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1063933
Family farms.

LC Class. No.: HD1476.A3

Dewey Class. No.: 338.1

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