A future for small farms

By James K. Boyce. 2012

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Subfields: General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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The puzzle of East and Southeast Asia's persistent smallholder (2016, background): “…productivity, and poverty in Asian agriculture’ (Fan and Chan-Kang, 2005) - ‘The future of small farms: trajectories and policy priorities’ (Hazell et al., 2010) - ‘The future of small farms’ (Wiggins et al., 2010) - ‘Is small farm led development still a relevant strategy for Africa and Asia?’”
Livestock sector development for poverty reduction: an economic and policy perspective. Livestock's many virtues. (2012, background): “SMALLHOLDER LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS AND POOR LIVESTOCK KEEPERS Agricultural populations in developing countries continue to expand, and more than twothirds of the world’s 3 billion rural people reside on farms of less than 2 ha35 (IFPRI, 2005).”
Should African Rural Development Strategies Depend on Smallholder Farms? An Exploration of the Inverse-Productivity Hypothesis (2012, background): “Hazell et al. (2010) counter that promoting smallholder agriculture is a more equitable approach to rural development, as well as a more efficient one.”
Assessing the Impact of Crop Diversification on Farm Poverty in India (2015, unknown): “This issue has been evaluated qualitatively in several studies (Barghouti et al., 2004; Birthal, Joshi, Negi, & Agarwal, 2014; IFPRI, 2005; Joshi et al., 2004; Minot & 70 Roy, 2007) and has been actively discussed in policy as well (Birthal et al., 2014; Gulati, Minot, Delgado, & Bora, 2007; Rao,…”
The Long Green Revolution (2013, unknown): “(Wiggens et al. 2010).”
Effects of rising rural population density on smallholder agriculture in Kenya (2014, background): “…the brightest prospects for rapid and sustained reductions in poverty and hunger in sub-Saharan Africa (Lipton, 2005; World Bank, 2007; Hazell et al., 2007; Byerlee and de Janvry, 2009; Haggblade, 2009; Christiaensen et al., 2011; Eastwood et al., 2010; Headey et al., 2010; Wiggins et al., 2010).”
Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya (2012, background): “When external transactions increase through commercialization, more intensive use of purchased inputs, and adoption of new technologies, increasing returns to scale are often observed (Wiggins et al. 2009).”
The Number, Size, and Distribution of Farms, Smallholder Farms, and Family Farms Worldwide (2016, background): “This would support claims that worldwide there are about 500 million small farms (those with less than 2 ha) (see, for example, Hazell et al. , 2010; HLPE, 2013; IFAD, 2011; Wiggins et al. , 2010).”
The new enclosures: critical perspectives on corporate land deals (2012, background): “…rural bias debate between Byres and Lipton (Kay 2009, 109-115) and which intersect with more specific arguments on the so-called ‘inverse relationship’ between farm size and productivity (see also Byres 2004, Bernstein 2010, Griffin et al 2002, Lipton 2009, Hazell et al. 2010, Wiggins et al. 2010).”
Linking Smallholders to Markets: Determinants and Impacts of Farmer Collective Action in Kenya (2012, background): “These factors can add to external transaction costs, and the observed tendency toward vertical supply chain integration may also further aggravate power asymmetries (Reardon et al., 2009; Wiggins et al., 2010).”
The international political economy of the global land rush: A critical appraisal of trends, scale, geography and drivers (2012, background): “Wilkes and Bailey (2011) present similar findings for the past 15-year period in both the US and the UK, though residential property was found to outperform farmland.”