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Family Farming and the Worlds to Come
Jean-Michel . Ed(S): Sourisseau
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Hardback. Editor(s): Sourisseau, Jean-Michel. Num Pages: 371 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 63 colour illustrations, 11 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JHB; KCM; RGCM; RN; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 719.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
Number of Pages
361
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401793575
SKU
V9789401793575
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99-15
About Jean-Michel . Ed(S): Sourisseau
Coordinating editor of this book, is a socio-economist at CIRAD. Since 2010, he is responsible for the program "Trajectories, differentiations and inequalities in rural societies" of the French research unit ART-Dev. He is currently working on family farming systems, to renew the analytical frameworks of their strategies and performance. As CIRAD’s focal point for the International Year of Family Farming, ... Read more
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