Family Farming and the Worlds to Come
What is family farming? How can it help meet the challenges confronting the world? How can it contribute to a sustainable and more equitable development?Not only is family farming the predominant form of agriculture around the world, especially so in deve
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Family Farming and the Worlds to Come
Family Farming and the Worlds to Come
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Jean-Michel Sourisseau Editor
Family Farming and the Worlds to Come
Editor Jean-Michel Sourisseau CIRAD Paris, France
ISBN 978-94-017-9357-5 ISBN 978-94-017-9358-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9358-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014954240 E´ditions Quæ, R10, 78026 Versailles cedex, France www.quae.com © E´ditions Quæ, 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
This book is most welcome in a year dedicated to family farming by the United Nations. It revisits the most common approaches for analyzing and understanding family farming – and emphasizes, rightly so, the multiplicity of forms of family farming that do exist. It is essential to properly define this type of agriculture to better identify its issues and to place it in a larger context and thus assess its contribution to sustainable and equitable development. I thus welcome the initiative taken to make family farming once again central to debates on agricultural development. Family farming is indeed at the heart of world agriculture. The role it plays in the dynamics of land and agrarian reform is of paramount importance to th
