Smallholder farmers key to achieving global food security
2022年9月28日 · Smallholder farmers produce about one-third of the world's food but need climate, financial and technological support to ensure global food security. Food and Water Why smallholder farmers are central to new food security interventions
Design inclusive value chains to benefit smallholder farmers
2023年12月15日 · Smallholder farming is the source of livelihood for more than two billion people worldwide, with 65% of workers in Africa living on agriculture. Many agribusinesses have sought to create inclusive value chains to improve lives, but many have been critiqued for providing superficial solutions.
These 5 innovations will transform the lives of smallholder farmers
2017年1月5日 · If smallholder farmers had access to foundational technologies – like electricity, the internet and mobile phones – then they too could use geospatial analysis to make decisions about the management of their farms and other assets. In this realm, FAO and Google are partnering to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible.
Here's how we protect smallholder farmers and food security
2024年4月23日 · Smallholder farmers produce more than 70% of the world’s food. Globally, there are approximately 570 million smallholder farmers, who own less than two hectares of land. However, smallholders in most developing countries face challenges such as access to finance and insurance, unfair wages, access to agricultural resources and lack of market ...
Agri-tech can improve value capture for India’s small farmers
2021年6月17日 · 2. Mandi Automation solution would digitalise the traditional retail channel, i.e. the Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs), and connect smallholder farmers to intermediaries and institutional buyers. The National Agriculture Market (eNAM), a government-led technology initiative in Mandi Automation, presently handles less than 1% of ...
Why the private sector should invest in smallholder farmers
2023年6月28日 · Simply put, if you’re not supporting smallholder farmers, you’re not supporting sustainable development for those who need it most. Some 70% of people in extreme poverty, earning under $1.90 per day, live in rural areas , many make a living off the land around them and harvest crops that play an important part in global food systems.
5 ways to reduce poverty among smallholder farmers - The World …
2016年3月31日 · Despite this, smallholder households are often some of the poorest in the world, a fact which is causing the children of smallholders to abandon their farms in search of better opportunities in cities. This shift contributes to two very real risks. First, food security. the UN estimates that the global population will reach 9 billion by 2050 ...
Why life for millions of smallholder farmers rests on a new EU ...
2023年11月7日 · The ordered streets of Brussels may feel like a million miles from the cotton fields of India or the cocoa plantations of Ghana, but smallholder farmers in countries like these could stand to be majorly impacted by a pending directive from European policy-makers.
Farming leaders on scaling up sustainable agriculture | World …
2024年9月10日 · In addition, smallholder farmers are risk-averse, affecting willingness to adopt new practices. In Malawi, where the farmers depend on one growing season through rainfed production, with limited access to crop and weather risk insurance, the hesitancy to change farming practices is due to fear of loss of crop, high costs and no hope of ...
Why small-scale farmers can teach us a lot about climate change
2024年2月13日 · The declaration was hailed as a big win for smallholder farmers, who produce most of the world’s food. There are about 510 million small farms in the world. But will the pledged funds follow the political declarations and reach those most in need? And will the money go to …