Thumbnail Image

An introduction to World Agricultures Watch

Generating evidence to inform policies on agricultural transformations

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) There is a long-running debate on the merits of various agricultural transformation models, with sometimes strong positions adopted despite a lack of empirical evidence. WAW provides a methodological framework for understanding diversity in agricultural production structures and taking it into account in policy-making. This flyer is a brief introduction to WAW's rationale, methodological framework and expected achievements.

Language English

Also available in:

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Booklet
    World Agriculture Watch (WAW) Methodological Brief
    Framework and implementation - Gathering evidence to inform policy on agricultural transformation
    2019
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    World Agriculture Watch (WAW) proposes an approach and tools to examine, analyse and monitor agricultural transformation around the world, identifying patterns and drivers of change and assessing their impact. It pays particularly close attention to indications of turning points that might denote a meaningful shift from family-based agriculture to commercial and industrial farming. Identifying and characterizing the diverse types of farm: WAW’s conceptual framework is a new, much-needed methodology for comparing agricultural activity in different parts of the world. WAW has developed an inclusive, comprehensive approach to family farm typology that encompasses farming activities, household and non-farm activities, as well as family living conditions.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Booklet
    World Agriculture Watch - Supporting the UN decade of family farming (2019-2028) 2019
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The World Agriculture Watch (WAW) initiative aims to document the situation of global agriculture in all its diversity, from family farms to industrial enterprises. Identifying and understanding the myriad farm types, including family farms, is key to adapting projects, policies and investments to specific agricultural characteristics and constraints. In this way, investments can be targeted at strengthening the weakest aspects of different types of farm. WAW then uses farm typology to provide tailored means of monitoring the effects of these investments on family farms and tracking their relative performance. The information produced by these tools is intended to inform stakeholders and fuel the debate on policy choices for the agricultural sector, with a particular focus on those organizations that represent family farms, which are crucial to food and nutrition security. Moreover, WAW facilitates the global accumulation of knowledge on agricultural transformation at the international level. WAW offers decision-making support for intervention at the local, regional and national levels. It is currently working with a number of countries to develop national farm observatories that will enable them to participate in the global collection of data on and analysis of farm typologies and types of agriculture.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    World Agricultures Watch (WAW) 2016
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    The World Agricultures Watch (WAW) supports a collaborative network of partners interested in monitoring and analyzing the diversity of agricultural holdings (from small scale family farms to agribusinesses), their sustainability and their transformations, to inform policy dialogue at territorial, national and international levels. WAW directly contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which target the development of small-scale food producers and family farmers (SDG 2.3) and promot es the intensification of productivity of food systems through resilient agricultural practices (SDG 2.4).
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.