Breaking down the growth of family farms: A case study of an intensive Mediterranean agriculture

Moreno-Pérez, Olga M.; Arnalte-Alegre, Eladio; Ortiz-Miranda, Dionisio

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2011.03.007

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“…Those who seek technical assistance or for formal education make up only 7.6%, and these numbers are similar to the ones found by Guanziroli et al (2012). Partnership arrangements are considered to be the reason for the strengthening and resilience of smallholders in regions as eastern Spain and it is also regarded as a very important factor for family farmers in Ghana which mostly belong to a farmer association (Moreno-Perez et al, 2011;Martey et al, 2012). The results present evidence of the continuity of the profile of According to the database, more than half (61.4%) of Brazilian family farmers are located in the Northeast region, as shown in Figure 3.…”

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confidence: 57%

Smallholder farming in Brazil: An overview for 2014

Herrera¹,

Costa²,

Moraes³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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The goal of this paper is to provide an update on smallholder farming in Brazil. Instead of using data from the last available Agricultural Census (2006), a database from the Ministry of Agrarian Development for 2014 was used. These data are extracted from a tax form called "Declaração de Aptidão ao Pronaf-DAP" (Declaration of Aptitude to Pronaf) that is mandatory for all farmers in Brazil and is used as a source of information to screen smallholders, also called "family farmers" in Brazil, applying for special subsidized public funds available to those in this category. Therefore, the DAP is a valuable source of information regarding this sector. The results show that family farming in Brazil continues to grow and is concentrated in the Northeastern region. The South and Southeast have the highest yields per hectare, up to seven times more than the Northeast. Most of the land is in the hands of a small group concentrated in the Northeast, while most of the income is in the hands of a small group concentrated in the South.

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confidence: 57%

Smallholder farming in Brazil: An overview for 2014

Herrera¹,

Costa²,

Moraes³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Agric. Res.

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“…This finding is, of course, not surprising and stands accordingly in line with other results in literature. For instance, Moreno-Pérez et al (2011) come to the conclusion that investments induce an increase in farm size, while Zimmermann et al (2009) emphasise that farm investments are highly relevant to the structural adjustment of farm holdings. In this context, it is important to note that such farm growth might contribute to the competitiveness of the investing farm holdings (Michalek, 2012;Schaper et al, 2011); this applies to Austria in particular, where farms are relatively small on average and therefore the potential for economy-of-scale effects is high.…”

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The dynamic effects of government-supported farm-investment activities on structural change in Austrian agriculture

Kirchweger

Kantelhardt

2015

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“…However, this evolution towards factory-farm-like approaches (Weis, 2010) has put a classic model of family farms under pressure (Moreno-Pérez et al, 2011). Coping strategies in the kind of multi-family partnerships might have allowed some survival (Calus and Van Huylenbroeck, 2005).…”

Section: Hotspot 5: Diverse and Abundant Food Availability However mentioning

confidence: 99%