Smallholders and small-scale agriculture: Mapping and visualization of knowledge domains and research trends

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“…The definition of categories used in international research to ensure their compatibility with national concepts is based on T. Bartol's (2023) study. Specifically, the categories of "small farm" and "small-scale farm" are encountered in the research literature, and it is noted that these concepts cannot be clearly distinguished and are often used interchangeably.…”

What Smallholders Want: Effective Strategies for Rural Poverty Reduction

“…Some measures may contradict each other (i.e., improving yields usually requires higher input costs), whereas others lead to perverse results (i.e., higher prices stimulate production; however, additional market supply will exercise downwards pressure on prices and margins). Experts, therefore, agree that a more comprehensive set of measures is needed to support smallholder commodity farmers [12,53]. The 'right' composition of this package and the size and sequence of the related measures are of fundamental importance for being able to influence smallholder behaviour.…”

“…The current literature on smallholder engagement in tropical value chains shows important limitations. Most studies mention a range of practical challenges that need to be addressed to improve farming systems and household revenues and identify some actions to overcome these problems [12,13]. However, they fail to outline the key drivers and mechanisms to modify this situation.…”