Promoting Family Farming: The European Union
Domestic and donor-driven development agendas for African agriculture are spurring smallholder family farming as a catalyst for food security and poverty reduction. Family farms are also the backbone of agriculture in the European Union, although the process of concentration has gone further than in Africa. European agricultural policy reforms now provide more options to promote sustainable family farms over the growth of larger holdings.
Title of publication: GREAT Insights
Volume: 3
Issue: 1. December 2013 - January 2014
Author: Alan Matthews
Year: 2013
Country/ies: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Geographical coverage: European Union (European Union)
Type: Article
Full text available at: http://ecdpm.org/great-insights/family-farming-and-food-security/promoting-family-farming-european-union/
Content language: English