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Classifying agricultural holdings in Nicaragua: Proposal of a typology based on the IV Agricultural Census

A World Agricultures Watch report

Year of publication 2014

Pages 81 p.

Publisher FAO ;

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Category Other document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper presents a typology of agricultural holdings in Nicaragua andarticulates this work with the need of adequate agricultural policies. Recently, the government has oriented the agricultural policy to meet several goals such as the promotion of agricultural exports on the one hand and support to family farming and small holders on the other hand in order to reduce rural poverty and inequality. In that context, classifying agricultural holdings to better target the beneficiaries of the dif ferentiated policies and programs in a core strategic issue for the government.

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