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No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Protecting small farmers and the rural poor in the context of globalization 2001
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No results found.The objective of this paper is to try to identify the organizational and operational features of the world economy that maintain, replicate, produce and sometimes even heighten the situation of extreme poverty and undernutrition. A brief analysis on how the present state of food is untenable and the possible reasons for such a situation. -
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DocumentEnhancing the Role of Smallholder Farmers in Achieving Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security 2013
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No results found.One of the agricultural pathways towards sustainable food and nutrition security is through local production of nutritious food, activity in which smallholder farmers play a crucial role. As food consumers, all rural and urban people in developing countries count heavily on the efficiency of their local smallholder farmers to satisfy their food needs. The purpose of this paper is to provide background information on the potential role smallholder farmers in sustainable food and nutrition securit y; The paper identifies and synthesizes key literature concerning the effectiveness of smallscale agricultural interventions in improving nutrition outcomes and highlight some national and international policy recommendations aiming at improving the productivity of smallholder farming systems with the objective of ensuring food and nutrition security. The overall objective of the paper is to contribute to the ‘nutrition-enhancing agriculture and food systems’ organized by FAO’s Food Security and Nutrition team in the framework of the ICN2 process.
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