Identifying the family farm. An informal discussion of the concepts and definitions

Garner, Elisabeth; Campos, Ana Paula de la O

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.288978

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“…FAO & IFAD [25] defined family farms as those managed and operated by a family that lives ond the farm and provide the majority of the farm labor. Moreover, family farming is recognized as going beyond the productive or economic perspective of modern and intensive agriculture because it preserves and transmits local knowledge, protects the natural resources, and ensures food security for the families [26].…”

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A Methodological Framework for Assessing the Agroecological Performance of Farms in Portugal: Integrating TAPE and ACT Approaches

Costa-Pereira,

Aguiar,

Delgado

et al. 2024

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Agroecology integrates science, social movements, and agricultural practices, playing a central role in the sustainability of food systems. It addresses agroecosystems and food systems holistically; however, defining whether a farm is agroecological remains a challenge. This article proposes a methodology to measure farms’ agroecological performance, adapted to the family farming context in Portugal. The aim of the developed methodology is to compare the agroecological performance of family farms (conventional and non-conventional), providing information about anchors for agroecological transition and supporting public policies. A literature review identified existing farm evaluation methodologies, with Tool for Agroecological Performance Evaluation (TAPE) and Agroecology Criteria Tool (ACT) scoring highest in an assessment process. Questions from both were integrated into a questionnaire for family farmers. This field work provided critical insights towards the methodologies: (1) territorial adaptability; (2) transition constraints’ origin; and (3) use of non-academic language. The results were incorporated into the developed methodology, which combines the TAPE indicator matrix and Gliessman’s five levels of food system change, the latter of which provides the framework for the ACT. This study made it possible to identify the most relevant aspects for characterizing family farmers/farms and the importance of how the evaluation criteria/indicators are ordered by element/theme, as it alters the values of each farm’s agroecological performance.

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A Methodological Framework for Assessing the Agroecological Performance of Farms in Portugal: Integrating TAPE and ACT Approaches

Costa-Pereira,

Aguiar,

Delgado

et al. 2024

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“…Subsistence farming is that which is done to feed the farmer and his household using crude tools. The labor is provided by the farmer and his household members [2]. The produce of this farming is not for sale, except in a situation where yields are in abundance [3].…”

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Farmers' Perception of Climate Change: A Case Study from Subsistence Farming in Lalehun Kovama of Kailahun in Eastern Sierra Leone

Jalloh

Edo²,

Onyibe³

et al. 2023

Environmental Protection Research

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This study looks at the impact of climate change on subsistence farming. Farmers in the rural areas of Sierra Leone mostly practice subsistence agriculture. A lot of predictions have been done by the scientific community through climatic and crop modeling techniques concerning the impact of climate change on agriculture as well as all other spheres of life. This research aims to explore the knowledge and perceptions of subsistence farmers regarding the impacts of climate change on their farming activities and well-being. This study will broaden the research on subsistence farmers' perceptions of climate change. This study employed a mixed study design (quantitative and qualitative methods). Samples of 77 respondents were selected from a sample frame of 220 heads of households in the area listed for the study. A simple random sampling technique was used. It was revealed in the study that most of the farmers (67.5%) were illiterate and, hence, lacked knowledge of the concept of climate change; some farmers (27.3%) exhibited competencies to sense some of the changes that have occurred in the climatic pattern. The majority of the respondents (49.4%) agreed that the farming calendar for rice as a major crop has changed. This, according to the respondents, was responsible for the low productivity of rice in the study area. There is an urgent need to provide education related to agriculture to empower farmers with the methods and techniques involved in climate-smart agriculture and to sensitize them to the impacts of climate change in extremely rural areas.

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Heterogeneity of Agricultural Land Use Systems and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Relationship and Evidence from Rural Nigeria

Apata

Ogunleye

Agboola

et al. 2021

AOL

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Several factors influencing rural-poverty in sub-Saharan-Africa, for all the factors, agricultural-land access/management and “culture of poverty” are quite dominant in literature. This study examines socio-cultural/economic factors influencing poverty and establishes linkages of heterogeneity of land-use systems. Farm-level cost–route surveys of cross-sectional national-data of 800 respondents were used for analysis. Data were analyzed by descriptive-statistics, trans-logarithmic model, and poverty-measures. Descriptive statistics depict land-ownership structure, farmer’s socio-cultural practices, and exploits of government intervention programs influenced agricultural-poverty. Trans-logarithmic coefficients results of short-run sustainability-index (SRSI), land-policy intervention variables and household-sizes are dominance factors. Also, SRSI indicated 0.69, suggesting that 69% of the farmers made unsustainable use of agricultural-land. Moreover, 92% of extremely poor respondents with large household-sizes (61.2%) seek their agricultural-land ownership by rentage, while those with land-titled documents constitute 78.6% of the non-poor. Public-policy interventions must take into account formalization of land-property rights in order to facilitate its transferability and boosting investment.

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Identifying the family farm. An informal discussion of the concepts and definitions

Cited by 4 publications

References 47 publications

A Methodological Framework for Assessing the Agroecological Performance of Farms in Portugal: Integrating TAPE and ACT Approaches

A Methodological Framework for Assessing the Agroecological Performance of Farms in Portugal: Integrating TAPE and ACT Approaches

Farmers' Perception of Climate Change: A Case Study from Subsistence Farming in Lalehun Kovama of Kailahun in Eastern Sierra Leone

Heterogeneity of Agricultural Land Use Systems and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: Relationship and Evidence from Rural Nigeria

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