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Actions to strengthen the contribution of small farms and small food businesses...
Moreno‑Pérez, Olga; Arnalte‑Mur, Laura; Cerrada‑Serra, Pedro; Martinez‑Gomez, Victor; damsone‑Fiskovica, Anda; Bjørkhaug4; Brunori, GianlucaThis study stems from a participatory foresight exercise conducted in nine Mediterranean, Baltic, Nordic and Eastern European regions, aiming to strengthen the role of small farms and small food businesses in ensuring food security. A wide range of stakeholders participated by attending workshops. They represented farmers’ organisations, food businesses, consumers’ organisations, NGOs, researchers, extension se...
Assessing food availability: A novel approach for the quantitative estimation o...
Guiomar, Nuno; Godinho, Sérgio; Rivera, Maria; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Machado, Rui; Czekaj, Marta; Tyran, Ewa; Puchała, JacekRecent findings on the contribution of smallholders to global food production and security challenge the values used in several reports of international organizations. The skewed distribution of the number of farms and the agricultural area by farm size may explain overestimations in small farms' food production. In fact, the highest values found in literature seem to be more strongly correlated to the total nu...
Assessing food availability: A novel approach for the quantitative estimation o...
Guiomar, Nuno; Godinho, Sérgio; Rivera, Maria; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Machado, Rui; Czekaj, Marta; Tyran, Ewa; Puchała, JacekRecent findings on the contribution of smallholders to global food production and security challenge the values used in several reports of international organizations. The skewed distribution of the number of farms and the agricultural area by farm size may explain overestimations in small farms' food production. In fact, the highest values found in literature seem to be more strongly correlated to the total nu...
Uncovering small farms' production flows: evidence from Poland and Portugal cas...
Czekaj, Marta; Hernández, Paola; Fonseca, Ana; Rivera, Maria; Żmija, Katarzyna; Żmija, DariuszThis study is an attempt to assess the impact of small farms (SF) on the regional food product circulation of specific key products in selected, fragmented, agrarian regions in Poland and Portugal. The empirical study is based on the analysis of food product maps which were developed based on data from a survey conducted among owners of small farms and small food businesses at focus group meetings and workshops...
Assessing the role of small farms in regional food systems in Europe: Evidence ...
Rivera, Maria; Guarín, Alejandro; Pinto-Correia, Teresa; Almaas, Henrik; Arnalte, Laura; Burns, Vanessa; Czekaj, Marta; Ellis, Rowan; Galli, RowanThe importance of small farms is well established and recognized in developing countries, but far less is known about their role in Europe, where agriculture is largely industrialized. In this paper we use a comparative analysis of evidence from 15 European countries to assess the contribution of small farms to regional food production and availability, across geographies and products. We collected information ...
How do small farms contribute to food and nutrition security? Linking European ...
Galli, Francesca; Grando, Stephano; Adamsone, Anda; Bjorkhaug, Hilde; Czekaj, Marta; Duckett, Dominic; Almaas, Henrik; Karanikolas, PavlosDespite a longstanding literature on small farm-households, there is limited consideration of small farms’ role in food and nutrition security (FNS) at territorial level. The purpose of this study is to provide insights about how small farms contribute to FNS at different territorial scales, by focusing on farmers' strategies and consequential FNS outcomes. Analysis is based on two years (2017–2019) of field wo...