RAP publication: 2002/03
R.B. Singh
Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative
for Asia and the Pacific
P. Kumar
Professor of Agricultural Economics and FAO consultant,
Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
T. Woodhead
FAO consultant: strategic aspects of rice-based
systems
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II. WHY THE SMALL-HOLDER FARMER?
III. SMALL-HOLDER CONTRIBUTIONS TO AGRICULTURE
IV. AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION ON SMALL FARMS
V. INPUTS FOR SMALL-HOLDINGS: IMPACTS ON FOOD SECURITY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Irrigation
Fertilizers and Pesticides
Implements and Machinery
VI. AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
VII. NUTRITION AND POVERTY: SMALL-HOLDER FAMILIES
VIII. GLOBALIZED TRADE AND SMALL-HOLDER AGRICULTURE
IX. EMPOWERING THE SMALL-HOLDERS
Off-Farm Employment
Agrarian Reform
Education
An Expanded Role for Information Technology
Development and Diffusion of Appropriate Technologies
Co-operative Farming and Farming Co-operatives
Institutional and Infra-Structural Supports
Risk Management
