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oapen-20.500.12657-395852020-06-16T00:45:42Z The Role of Smallholder Farms in Food and Nutrition Security Gomez y Paloma, Sergio Riesgo, Laura Louhichi, Kamel Agricultural Economics Development Economics Agriculture Food Science Smallholder Farms Food Security Nutrition Developing Countries Open Access Sustainability Food Diversity African Agriculture Sub-Saharan Africa Agricultural science Agribusiness & primary industries Development economics & emerging economies Food & beverage technology bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TV Agriculture & farming::TVB Agricultural science bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics & emerging economies bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TD Industrial chemistry & manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry::TDCT Food & beverage technology This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production factors. Due to the relevance of smallholder farms, enhancing their production capacities and economic and social resilience could produce positive impacts on food security and nutrition at a number of levels. In addition to the role of small farmers as food suppliers, the book considers their role as consumers and their level of nutrition security. It investigates the link between agriculture and nutrition in order to better understand how agriculture affects human health and dietary patterns. Given the importance of smallholdings, strategies to increase their productivity are essential to improving food and nutrition security, as well as food diversity. 2020-06-15T15:10:56Z 2020-06-15T15:10:56Z 2020 book ONIX_20200615_9783030421489_58 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/39585 eng application/pdf n/a 2020_Book_TheRoleOfSmallholderFarmsInFoo.pdf https://www.springer.com/9783030421489 Springer Nature Springer 10.1007/978-3-030-42148-9 10.1007/978-3-030-42148-9 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 Springer 251 open access
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This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production factors. Due to the relevance of smallholder farms, enhancing their production capacities and economic and social resilience could produce positive impacts on food security and nutrition at a number of levels. In addition to the role of small farmers as food suppliers, the book considers their role as consumers and their level of nutrition security. It investigates the link between agriculture and nutrition in order to better understand how agriculture affects human health and dietary patterns. Given the importance of smallholdings, strategies to increase their productivity are essential to improving food and nutrition security, as well as food diversity.
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