What does War in Ukraine Mean for Smallholder Farming?
The war demonstrated that smallholders can better adapt and survive in extreme conditions by relying on short food chains, alternative farm inputs, mutual help and reciprocity.
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The Real Seed Producers
The picture often painted for us is that we need corporate seeds to feed the world: they are alleged to be more efficient, productive and predictable. Locally developed farmer varieties are painted as backwards, less-productive and disease-ridden. But those of us with our feet on the ground know that this is not the reality in Africa.
Keeping Food Local in Tanzania
In order to preserve the local food systems of Tanzania, farmer livelihoods need to be protected. This could be achieved with diversifying, scaling back on inputs, and improving irrigation techniques.
Respecting Farmers and Their Rightful Place in Our Food System
A Growing Culture believes “that farmers should be at the forefront of agriculture,” aiming to reshape the food and agriculture system starting with farmers. Through projects for farmer-to-farmer exchange, collective learning, and farmer-led research, A Growing Culture wants to advance innovation and farmer autonomy to create a more just and sustainable food system, and one inclusive of smallholder farmers.
Food: Trading Away our Future? Part IV
Today, linking farmers to markets is an overarching policy for almost all development agencies as well as governments.
Who Controls Our Food?
A new report from Global Justice Now, From The Roots Up, shows that not only can small-scale organically produced food feed the world, but it can do so better than intensive, corporate-controlled agriculture.
Remarks to the World Food Prize Panel: We need to support smallholder farmers
We know that most countries produce more than enough food, even after waste, but many of them still have hungry people.