How do small farms contribute to food and nutrition security? Linking European small farms, strategies and outcomes in territorial food systems

[EN] Despite 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 s...

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Autores: Galli, Francesca, Grando, Stefano, Adamsone-Fiskovica, Anda, Bjørkhaug, Hilde, Czekaj, Marta, Duckett, Dominic George, Almaas, Henrik, Karanikolas, Pavlos, Pinto-Correia, Teresa, Prosperi, Paolo, Redman, Mark, Rivera, Maria, Toma, Irina, Sanchez-Zamora, Pedro, Sumane, Sandra, Zmija, Katarzyna, Zmija, Dariusz, Brunori, Gianluca, Moreno-Pérez, Olga M.|||0000-0003-2976-3661, Ortiz Miranda, Dionisio|||0000-0002-6884-8927
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/201435
Acesso em linha:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/201435
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Small farms
Strategies
Regional food systems
Food and nutrition security outcomes
ECONOMIA, SOCIOLOGIA Y POLITICA AGRARIA
02.- Poner fin al hambre, conseguir la seguridad alimentaria y una mejor nutrición, y promover la agricultura sostenible
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Resumo:[EN] Despite 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 work done with farmers and food system actors in SALSA reference regions culminating in a workshop done with research partners. We find that small farms deliver food and nutrition security and other socio-economic and environmental outcomes for the farmhousehold, at local, regional and global levels. The regional level is shown to be critical for small farms, as it provides the scale at which their diversity is realised. Understanding this diversity is a goal for both research and for effective support mechanisms for small farm integration, and the multiple public and private functions small farms can deliver should be higher on the policy agenda.

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