Search results for Smallholders

Failing to distinguish between active farmers and passive landowners is a fundamental flaw

Family farms are more than businesses

Smallholders are not the weak link in forest protection (commentary)

In general, plantation companies view local communities and smallholders as obstacles to expanding operations and to securing social licenses. In deforestation-free supply chains,...

Tricky new territory for managers of family farms to negotiate

75% of farmers say they want stronger limits on who can own farmland

Farmers have spoken loudly in a RealAgristudies survey on land ownership restrictions —and 75% agree that there should be stronger limits on who can own farmland. Farmland has been...

PERi-Farms: Nando’s Supporting Smallholder Farmers

Countries in Southern Africa, including Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar, continue to face extreme poverty, with limited progress in recent years. About 71% of the populat...

‘SHGs play a vital role in sustainable farming practices’

They can help conserve indigenous seeds, promote natural farming, process millets and encourage organic agricultural products, says Karnataka Grameena Bank chairman

Mozambique: Farmers Have Been Abandoned, New Government Survey Shows

[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] The main income for 75% of Mozambicans families comes from farming but two thirds of them (3 million families) farm less than 1 hectare and...

Ireland needs a ‘more diverse base of food producers’ – Talamh Beo

Talamh Beo has called for special supports for Irish farmers supplying domestic markets. The grassroots sustainable farming organisation said the recent news of the liquidation of...

Poll: More than half of Church of England's tenant farmers adopting regenerative practices

Farmers on land owned by the Church of England are increasingly adopting regenerative practices, although access to finance remains the biggest barrier to further take up

Safety net or entrepreneurial side hustles? Why more Canadian farmers are turning to off-farm income

A clear financial divide is widening across the Canadian agricultural landscape, and it’s forcing a portion of producers to look beyond the farm gate to keep their operations finan...

Zimbabwe smallholders take up tobacco as crop rebounds

Tobacco production in Zimbabwe is rebounding to record levels as farmers look for more profitable and resilient crops.

Solidaridad empowers smallholder farmers with skills to navigate effects of climate change

  By HOPE MUSONDA SMALLHOLDER farmers in Katete District have demonstrated practical and innovative solutions to climate change, whose effects have continued to ravage communities...