| 单词 | smallholder |
| 例句 | Not only did potatoes grow in places where other crops could not, the plant was an ally in smallholders’ ceaseless struggle against the economic and political elite. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The movement is associated with the world's largest smallholder farmer organization, La Via Campesina and has been endorsed by the United Nations. ‘Regenerative agriculture’ is all the rage — but it’s not going to fix our food system 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z This kind of approach may ultimately be the most sustainable for smallholders, and it creates a more biodiverse farm ecosystem that's both more resilient to harsh, dry conditions and better for wildlife. The sustainability challenges that threaten the agave industry 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z It also means you're supporting smallholder farmers who are paid fair wages and are not allowed to employ forced or child laborers. Searching for ethical sugar 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Founded in 1927 and representing one-third of Colombia’s coffee growers, the government-subsidized group works with scientists to spread best practices and research across a dizzying number of smallholder coffee growers. Colombian coffee at the crossroads 2013-05-13T19:48:00Z In fact, it's West Sussex, not Kent, and Christopher is more a furniture-dealer than a smallholder; but let that pass. Julian Barnes: a tribute to Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford 2012-08-24T21:55:03Z But in poorer countries they may cut back, threatening yields and quality and exposing smallholder communities to greater food insecurity. Global economy 2023: why there will still be plenty of pressure on food prices in the year ahead 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z In a recent study we looked at the funding challenges facing smallholder farmers in the vegetables value chain. South Africa’s smallholder vegetable farmers aren’t getting the finance they need 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z This will safeguard the participation of smallholder farmers by allowing them to access more reliable and consistent markets. South Africa’s smallholder vegetable farmers aren’t getting the finance they need 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z As we passed through the Furano valley, the Jurassic Park vibe transformed into absurdly picturesque farmland, where smallholders grow those famous £40 melons, plus tomatoes, potatoes, sweetcorn and lavender. We're going on a bear hunt … in Hokkaido, Japan 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Coffee, cocoa, tea, rubber, all these commodities pit smallholder farmers against a global system that doesn't value what they provide. Can companies be held accountable for problematic supply chains in chocolate, coffee and more? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z That is, people mostly living in poverty who work as smallholder farmers or agricultural workers; women in particular are often at the bottom rung of these supply chains. Can companies be held accountable for problematic supply chains in chocolate, coffee and more? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Worse, these smallholders were betrayed by their representatives. The Story of Appalachia, With Plenty of Villains 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z Mina Holland Idea: Portable irrigation technology helping sub-Saharan smallholder farmers grow crops out of season. Africa innovations: 15 ideas helping to transform a continent 2012-08-25T23:05:54Z These are increasingly affecting smallholder farmers who still practice open field farming. South Africa’s smallholder vegetable farmers aren’t getting the finance they need 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z A smallholder farmer is someone engaged in agricultural activities on a small scale, generally farming less than 10 hectares of land, selling part of their crop and farming for subsistence. South Africa’s smallholder vegetable farmers aren’t getting the finance they need 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Geneticists have worked for years to develop similar traits in the lab, but it was smallholder farmers who had cultivated and preserved that corn for centuries. Escalating U.S.-Mexico debate over corn forces questions about GMOs, food sovereignty 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The issue of financing is particularly concerning given that smallholder farmers are self-financed or have limited access to debt finance. South Africa’s smallholder vegetable farmers aren’t getting the finance they need 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z If smallholder farmers are its focus, then more emphasis needs to be placed on providing them with access to finance, to equip them with the tools to achieve better production. South Africa’s smallholder vegetable farmers aren’t getting the finance they need 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z It's a far remove from her own upbringing as the daughter of smallholders on the island of Anglesey where, she says with a laugh, "I was a child of nature," wandering the countryside. Saci Lloyd: 'It's not squids in outer space' 2011-07-15T14:20:22Z In the decades since, corn imports from the U.S. have more than quadrupled — and while many smallholder farmers did leave farming as demand for domestic corn contracted, others have been reluctant to leave their land. Escalating U.S.-Mexico debate over corn forces questions about GMOs, food sovereignty 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Most food safety initiatives focus on medium or larger food manufacturers, elements of the so-called "modern retail", food exports and commercial farms or better organized smallholder producers. Food safety policy neglects informal markets in developing countries — 3 ways this can change 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Because these issues make it exceptionally difficult to make a living as a coffee farmer, the average age for smallholders is 50-plus, as young people seek more stable and lucrative employment in urban centers. What does the term "ethical coffee" actually mean? 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Like many of his comrades, he became a smallholder back in Nepal, with a handful of stock. Lachhiman Gurung obituary 2010-12-22T18:04:21Z The impact of this loss and waste is severe on smallholders who rely on farming for a living. Tanzania’s tomato harvest goes to waste 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Its greenhouse is a cheaper solution that uses less water and boosts yields for smallholder farmers seeking to protect their crops from unpredictable weather and pests. Prince William hopes to expand his Earthshot Prize into a global environment movement by 2030 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Agriculture, including cattle ranching and smallholder farming, is the leading driver of forest loss across the tropics, said Fran Price, a global forest practice leader at WWF. As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Developed in Madagascar and increasingly popular among smallholder farmers in the Global South, SRI has been shown to reduce water use by 25 to 50% and methane emissions by up to 70%. Is rice the "climate-change crop" the Northeast needs? 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z The widespread inability to track and forecast the weather affects key development choices, their commentary said: “There is no point investing in smallholder farms, for example, if floods are simply going to wash them away.” As Africa opens a climate summit, poor weather forecasting keeps the continent underprepared 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z His firm uses innovative technology to help its more than 20,000 smallholder maize farmer members to improve crop yields, reduce the cost of production and increase the sale price. Nigerian kidnap gangs drive big-time Nigerian farmers away 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z In South Africa, for example, it’s developed a smallholder farmer network to grow coriander and chilies for its local Roberstons spices brands, Rajah curry blends and Knorrox bouillon cubes, replacing spices previously sourced in India. Unilever pivots to African suppliers as forex pressure mounts 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z The technology could also benefit smallholder farmers in poorer countries who might not have regular access to commercial hybrid seeds, because they could save seeds produced by the previous year’s crop. ‘Game changer.’ Scientists are genetically engineering crops to clone themselves 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z If it works, it could hold important lessons for smallholder coffee farmers elsewhere, demonstrating the importance of wild coffee varieties in a warming world. African Farmers May Have a Coffee Robust Enough for the Climate Crisis 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z On the fertile slopes of Mount Kenya, an extinct volcano, smallholder coffee farmer Martin Kinyua has decided against planting new crops. The bean that could change the taste of coffee 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z But with global prices high it has struggled to provide fertilizer to farmers, leaving many smallholders facing a poor harvest. African smallholder farmers count the cost of fertilizer price spike 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z But further growth and efforts to integrate smallholders into modernized industry practices have been cast in doubt as Peru struggled to access fertilizer. Why do Russia and China have a stranglehold on the world’s food security? Fertilizers 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Around 33 million people on the continent are smallholders, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Senegalese farmer pleads for support as African leaders discuss food security 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z He also said countries must support smallholder farmers who make up the bulk of producers on the continent. Africa needs to learn to feed itself, says Senegal president 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Earlier, the panel had discussed how smallholders across Africa could be funded at scale to pursue green projects using market mechanisms. Live updates | World Economic Forum gathering in Davos 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Pope's irrigation district and the smallholder farmers who depend on it would likely get something closer to what they need and, combined with new irrigation equipment subsidized by the government, could produce what they want. "There's just not enough": A water war is brewing over the dwindling Colorado River 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Notable challenges including reviving the national passport agency and helping Peru’s desperate smallholder farmers. Peru has had five presidents in 25 months. Can Dina Boluarte stick? 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The outbreak of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, two major producers, disrupted fertilizer supply to the continent, and stop-gap measures have not been enough to curb high prices which smallholder farmers can't afford. Senegalese farmer pleads for support as African leaders discuss food security 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z "This nut has huge potential to benefit smallholder farmers and give them income from their rainforest trees," she says. The little-known nut that may save at-risk rainforests 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Perennial rice can yield harvests as plentiful as the conventional, annually planted crop while benefiting the soil and saving smallholder farmers considerable labor and expense, researchers have found. ‘Perennial’ rice saves time and money, but comes with risks 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The Gates Foundation's commitment, announced at the COP27 conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, will help smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia build resilience into their work practices and improve food security. Gates Foundation gives $1.4 bln climate help to smallholder farmers 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “That sounds like a very simple thing, but actually it’s quite a hard thing to do when you’ve got many smallholder farmers and a long and complicated supply chain.” How you can make more socially conscious Halloween candy choices 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Kabe is one of hundreds of smallholder farmers - the majority of whom are women and youths - in Senegal's Niayes region which produces the bulk of the country's fruit and vegetables. Senegalese farmer pleads for support as African leaders discuss food security 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z Mr Dhaka adds that investments in solar projects in western Rajasthan have caused land prices and rents to rise, so many smallholders have benefitted. India's solar powered future clashes with local life 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Coffee is central to Puerto Rico’s cultural and economic identity; it sustains many families running multigenerational, smallholder farms. Opinion | Lin-Manuel and Luis Miranda: How to get Puerto Rico help now 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z More than 2 billion people depend on smallholder farms for food and income, yet currently less than 2% of global climate-related finance is devoted to helping them adapt to climate change, the foundation said. Gates Foundation gives $1.4 bln climate help to smallholder farmers 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Most food produced in sub-Saharan Africa comes from smallholder farmers who deploy family labor. Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Kabe has been farming on family land since leaving school at 15 but many smallholders near Dakar have lost their farms to urban development as the city expands beyond the peninsula. Senegalese farmer pleads for support as African leaders discuss food security 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z That means more ozone pollution, a major challenge for smallholder farmers who make up 60% of the population in sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis: Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Despite state support, severe drought and recurring water crises are endangering the livelihood of smallholders all over Iraq, she said. People facing acute food insecurity reach 340 million worldwide -WFP 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z His efforts to encourage smallholder farmers to switch from growing coca plants for the illicit drug trade to planting legal crops such as coffee have been stymied by the latter’s thirst for fertilizer. Fertilizer crisis delivers profits and pain as Ukraine fallout broadens 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z In this Ugandan farming district not far from the capital, Kampala, hundreds of smallholder farmers have embraced the farming of the short-lived but fertile insect. Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Senegalese President Macky Sall told the summit the sensitive issue of land reform was among the priorities for states, so as to guarantee access to land for smallholders. Senegalese farmer pleads for support as African leaders discuss food security 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z This makes it difficult for many smallholder farmers like Mr Oyelekan to ramp up production. Nigeria's big push to grow its own coconuts 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z "A few big companies make huge profits, while millions of smallholder cocoa farmers are underpaid." How science is making chocolate taste even better 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z "We plan to work with landowners, farmers, smallholders and people from across the community to help create and manage the habitat needed for this iconic bee to thrive," it said. Carmarthenshire: Bumblebee seen for the first time in 50 years 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Omnia supplies fertilizer to both commercial and smallholder farmers in several sub-Saharan African countries, including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Kenya and Tanzania. Omnia sees Africa increasing farm input support amid food security fears 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z "Many smallholder farmers will not be able to come back next season to grow their own food," he said. Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z “We must quickly support the most vulnerable populations with social safety nets and targeted support for smallholder farmers so they can continue to produce.” Finance heads urged to boost fight against food insecurity 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Yellen told a high-level panel countries should avoid export bans that could further increase prices, while stepping up support for vulnerable populations and smallholder farmers, a message underscored by German Finance Minister Christian Lindner. Russia's war in Ukraine to blame for rising global food insecurity - Yellen 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z The NGOs selected include One Acre Fund, which supports smallholder farmers in Africa around climate action, including through planting and protecting more trees. Global Citizen seeks up to $1 billion for six sustainable 'Impact' funds 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Many in the Apurimac and Cuzco regions it traverses live as smallholder farmers and say the dust harms their produce and their health. Peru's poor Andean hamlets, backed by state, unleash anger at mines 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z Albertus Wawan, an Indonesian oil palm smallholder who already cut fertiliser use by a third, will delay his next application to January to save on two month's usage. Analysis: Global farmers facing fertiliser sticker shock may cut use, raising food security risks 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Such challenges are not uncommon in sub-Saharan Africa, where smallholder farms, those less than 10 hectares, or 25 acres, in size, account for around 80% of farmland. How smart tech is supporting smallholders in South Africa 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The participating governments promised “support for smallholders, Indigenous Peoples and local communities, who depend on forests for their livelihoods and have a key role in their stewardship.” Global Leaders Pledge to End Deforestation by 2030 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Most of the wheat in Ethiopia is grown by smallholder farmers. Ethiopia food crisis: Why does PM have a problem with wheat aid? 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z A majority of drought-affected herders are smallholders, and their only source of income is their livestock. Horse graves on the steppes as Kazakhstan is battered by one of worst droughts in living memory 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z But many growers, and especially the millions of smallholders who produce a third of the world's food, will have little choice but to reduce fertiliser usage in 2022. Analysis: Global farmers facing fertiliser sticker shock may cut use, raising food security risks 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z She knows though that her fellow smallholders have to constantly battle to keep their running costs down. How smart tech is supporting smallholders in South Africa 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Overnight, millions of poor Indians—migrant workers, daily wage earners, smallholder farmers, the homeless and members of oppressed castes and tribes—found themselves in an extremely precarious situation. How a Remote Indigenous Community Fought the Pandemic 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z Paswel Marenya, a senior economist with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, said weather index insurance was key to increasing smallholders’ resilience, and that payouts would be quicker and cheaper for the government. South African farmers dream of drought cover on climate front line 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z “We should to ensure that we can protect our palm oil industry to save millions of people, including smallholder farmers, whose lives depend entirely on this industry in Indonesia and Malaysia,” Muhyiddin said. Indonesia, Malaysia vow to counter anti-palm oil campaign 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z These perceived threats to their income terrify India’s farmers, who are mostly smallholders: A staggering 68% of them own less than 1 hectare of land. EXPLAINER: Why India’s farmers are revolting against PM Modi 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z This could potentially reduce a lot of uncertainty for smallholders - prices fluctuate constantly at wholesale marketplaces, and the agents handling those deals, typically take a cut of around 15%. How smart tech is supporting smallholders in South Africa 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z It has more than 60,000 direct suppliers worldwide, from smallholder farmers to major companies. Ben & Jerry's maker Unilever to insist suppliers pay 'living wage' 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z This change threatens the livelihoods of around 40 million people, especially livestock and smallholder farmers. Nigeria cattle crisis: how drought and urbanisation led to deadly land grabs 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z A few trees with overhanging branches still act as natural bridges, Kuswanda says, but the rise of smallholder plantations on the riverbanks since 2000 has made orangutan crossings rare. Dam threatening world’s rarest great ape faces delays 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z The Ceres2030 team members found that the overwhelming majority of the agricultural-research publications they assessed were unable to provide solutions, particularly to the challenges faced by smallholder farmers and their families. Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z An unusually prolonged five-year drought dating back to 2014 destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares of beans and maize, leaving smallholder farmers at risk of starvation. Americans are becoming climate migrants before our eyes | Alex Domash 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z "And we need new seeds and other innovations to help the world’s poorest people — many of whom are smallholder farmers — adapt to a less predictable climate." Bill Gates claims pandemic's 'misery' will 'happen regularly' if climate change is not stopped 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z In rural communities, smallholder farmers are claiming large swathes of grazing land. Nigeria cattle crisis: how drought and urbanisation led to deadly land grabs 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z Eighty per cent of farmland in the region is managed by smallholder farmers. Averting hunger in sub-Saharan Africa requires data and synthesis 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z The researchers found many studies that conclude that smallholders are more likely to adopt new approaches — specifically, planting climate-resilient crops — when they are supported by technical advice, input and ideas, collectively known as extension services. Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Owners like Zu say modern farms are less likely to damage the environment than the smallholders shut previously. Cheek by jowl: China pork crisis spurs pig farms' return to cities 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z Another priority is better treatment for smallholders and migrant workers, who form the backbone of farming. Without food, there can be no exit from the pandemic 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z It also assists smallholder farmers and Indigenous communities in submitting requests for funds. Adopt a carbon tax to protect tropical forests 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z Factor in that most cocoa comes from smallholders in Côte d’Ivôire and Ghana, who bear the burden of price fluctuations, and you are looking at entrenched poverty and all the consequences. To eat or not to eat: 10 of the world's most controversial foods 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z So why aren’t more researchers answering more practical questions about ending hunger that are relevant to smallholder farmers? Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z A study published in May this year, by Princeton University, on biodiversity loss in Peru, showed that in the western Amazon, smallholder “slash-and-burn” agriculture is the “primary driver of forest destruction”. Tree amigos: the tribe trying to save their Amazon rainforest 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Scientists hope the scheme will convince smallholders not to sell their land to large agri-businesses and remain farmers in the Amazon. 'Green gold' tree offers deforestation hope 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The second identifies projects that simultaneously address climate change, support local communities and smallholders, and conserve biodiversity. Adopt a carbon tax to protect tropical forests 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z This is mostly thanks to the sweat and ingenuity of the 500 million smallholders who produce 80% of the food consumed in the developing world. How do we feed the world without destroying it? | Bob Geldof 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z At the same time, applied research involving working with smallholder farmers and their families doesn’t immediately boost an academic career. Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z Director Matthew Owen says that while campaigns against industrial-style palm and soya plantations are working, the focus must now switch to smallholders’ agriculture, which is responsible for keeping deforestation emissions stubbornly high. Tree amigos: the tribe trying to save their Amazon rainforest 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z But Prof Pennington explained that, increasingly, the land was being bought by large agri-businesses, who offered the smallholders very good money, which was very hard to refuse. 'Green gold' tree offers deforestation hope 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Working with women smallholder garden owners in innovative ways, honouring indigenous knowledge and developing biodiverse agroecosystems, promotes sustainable food production and nutrition. BBC 100 Women 2019: Who is on the list? 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z That means getting hard cash to the smallholder farmers who are too often bypassed by funding that goes either to governments or big business. How do we feed the world without destroying it? | Bob Geldof 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z There’s a place for collaborating with big businesses, but achieving the SDG to end hunger will require an order of magnitude more research engagement with smallholders and their families. Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z “For most smallholders, it’s a goat or a chicken. We use livestock for dowries, for diversity of diet, and as a store of wealth. They are literally cash cows.” Can a Burger Help Solve Climate Change? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z The data does not include plantations farmed by smallholders, who account for 40% of palm oil production globally, industry estimates show. Palm oil to blame for 39% of forest loss in Borneo since 2000 : study 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The fires are often started by smallholders and plantation owners to clear land for planting. World Digest: Sept. 11, 2019 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Most of the fires are agricultural, either smallholders burning stubble after harvest, or farmers clearing forest for cropland. Amazon fires are 'true apocalypse', says Brazilian archbishop 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Imelda Hicoombolwa, a smallholder farmer in Zambia, is receiving help from the World Food Programme to grow crops after a severe drought last year.Credit: Ending hunger: science must stop neglecting smallholder farmers 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z This revolutionary use of technology arms smallholder farmers, who are increasingly gaining digital know-how, with the means to identify quickly and accurately when their crop is under threat, and how best to combat that threat. The Bots Are Here—and They're Protecting Our Crops 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Agrarian reform would not only bring improved crops and improved livestock, it would transform still feudal peasants into sort of proper smallholders. From bombs to Benidorm: how fascism disfigured the face of Spain 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Invoke runs its campaign through the ‘Planters United’ platform, which describes itself as a non-governmental organization made up of smallholder farmers, according to a Feb. 26 copy of its proposal seen by Reuters. Fearing tobacco's fate, palm oil industry fights back 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Fires are often started by smallholders and plantation companies to clear land for planting. Indonesia steps up response to massive forest fires 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z The area is a major producer of cocoa, rubber and palm oil grown by smallholder farmers – Ghanaian cocoa is used by chocolate-makers worldwide. Special Report: The wildcat gold miners who get rich sick 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z This means making them accessible, affordable and comprehensible to the millions of smallholder farmers responsible for up to 90 percent of food production in developing countries. The Bots Are Here—and They're Protecting Our Crops 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z The researchers compared wages on Fairtrade-certified tea and coffee estates – always owned by smallholders, in keeping with Fairtrade’s belief in championing the small farmer – with wages on larger, uncertified plantations. Is fair trade finished? 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Others say that in working with large companies, ecologists are missing worse offenders: smallholder farmers who own 40% of Indonesia's oil palm plantations and may be less informed about biodiversity and oil palm management. Courting controversy, scientists team with industry to tackle one of the world’s most destructive crops 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Instead of introducing robust regulation that incentivises suppliers to become sustainable, the EU approach jeopardises not only the planet, but the livelihoods of millions of Muslim smallholder farmers. The EU's Islamophobia is getting worse – Britain must fight this from within | Yasmin Qureshi 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Planters, especially smallholders, are instead being pushed to optimize the yield from existing areas under cultivation instead of expanding such areas. Indonesia plans permanent moratorium on new forest clearance: minister 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Also, given that restoration must accommodate a multiplicity of needs, including those of smallholder farmers, we disagree that agroforestry should be confined to treeless regions. Forests: many benefits of the Bonn Challenge 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z There is the custom coffee menu, of course, featuring a selection of filtered and cold-brew drinks made with beans sourced from smallholder producers around the world and roasted in the building. In one mega-complex, the Manufactory L.A. has many culinary experiences 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z The proper interpretation of satellite data requires algorithms drawn from the data of previous years and, as noted previously, there is very little preexisting data in smallholder agriculture. Big Data Has Transformed Agriculture...In Some Places, Anyway 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z These smallholders were encouraged to keep a few cattle for milk to increase their income while boosting domestic supplies. Can the world quench China’s bottomless thirst for milk? 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z More global funding and policy support for rural advisory services would improve smallholders’ productivity and reduce losses along the supply chain. Support smallholders to step up Nigeria’s cassava yields 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The organisation's research manager, Phil Brooke, told BBC News that it was vital to support smallholder farmers in Africa, who are struggling to maintain an income from their animals. The man gene-editing animals for Africa 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The big players, including consumer brands, commodity traders like Cargill and Wilmar International and plantation operators and processors, have supply chains that span millions of smallholder farmers as well as many middlemen. Can 'Big Brother' technology clean up palm oil's image? 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Assam’s tea farmers also seem willing to listen to the findings of advisory groups and research associations: 95% of smallholders say that they would follow the recommendations of such organizations1. How climate change might affect tea 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Subsistence farmers in Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador are noticing many of the same climatic changes that are pushing smallholder farmers off their land in Mali, South Sudan and Chad. Trump's Border Wall Highlights the Climate-Migration Connection 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z ISPO, which is mandatory for companies, but voluntary for smallholders, requires that land is legally owned, does not encroach on forests and uses good agriculture practices without burning. Slow replanting of palm a blow to Indonesia's efforts on environment 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z The technology is being developed for royalty-free distribution to smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and in Southeast Asia. GM 'shortcut' boosts plant growth 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Such views are common in a state where where smallholders say they are unjustly penalised for breaking environmental rules and argue that responsibility for climate change should be shared globally. Bolsonaro backers wage war on the rainforest 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z He said it's needed because many planned plantations are inside natural forests and also to clarify the legal rights of smallholders. Indonesia imposes moratorium on new palm oil plantations 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z He said it’s needed because many planned plantations are inside natural forests and also to clarify the legal rights of smallholders. Indonesia imposes moratorium on new palm oil plantations 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z In the 1970s, industrial-scale plantations took off and buoyed by their success, many smallholders started growing palm, but often using poor quality seedlings. Slow replanting of palm a blow to Indonesia's efforts on environment 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z “It’s time to recognize this and to build a new model and a new approach that focuses on putting the smallholder at the center.” Mars aims to tackle 'broken' cocoa model with new sustainability... 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z According to Prof. Vanderschuren, the project’s lead scientist, “This would be a major advance that will help open new market opportunities, including for cassava smallholder farmers, provided an open and fair management of this innovation.” Your bubble tea could hold the key to helping millions of farmers 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z The area surrounding Mount Lico is a patchwork of smallholder farms, tea and eucalyptus plantations, and woodlands. How Google Earth led a team of scientists to discover an untouched mountaintop rainforest 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z “There are still a lot of smallholder farmers, there are still a lot of gaps in our ability to fully utilise the production that is happening,” she added. Food waste: alarming rise will see 66 tonnes thrown away every second 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z Smallholders currently produce two to three tonnes of crude palm oil per hectare a year, against 12 tonnes by Malaysian smallholders, according to Indonesia’s agriculture ministry. Slow replanting of palm a blow to Indonesia's efforts on environment 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Syngenta’s global strategy lead Steven Wall helps run a workshop in which delegates propose ideas to help smallholder farmers improve their businesses. Farming ideas to make a fortune: inside Brazil's food security festival 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z “They are also a key driver of the rural economies, providing jobs and incomes for workers and smallholders.” Science’s search for a super banana 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z Ian Scoones, a development economist based at Sussex University, said tobacco was being produced by thousands of smallholders, not a few large-scale farms as before, as a result of the land reforms. Reality Check: What happened to Zimbabwe's land reforms? 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z On its website, the group says it is working with smallholders and other stakeholders along the supply chain to achieve sustainable palm oil production. Palm oil from Indonesia's shrinking forests taints global brands:... 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “If this is not being accomplished, smallholders probably will be facing further decline in yields, and further increases in production costs,” Mielke told an industry conference. Slow replanting of palm a blow to Indonesia's efforts on environment 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Being paid digitally also offers smallholders the opportunity to use banking services such as savings accounts and micro-loans for the first time. Can bitcoin technology help farmers get a better deal? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z And the average Colombian, whether urban-dweller or rural smallholder, is less concerned with rarefied matters like biodiversity and its possible role in a speculative biotechnological future, than with the immediate business of making ends meet. Colombia’s national survey of its biodiversity is ambitious 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Meanwhile squeezed smallholders farm their shrinking plots too intensively, degrading already poor soils. Africa has plenty of land. Why is it so hard to make a living from it? 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Along with ranches such as this one and other farmers, smallholder farms around the world could be the key to stabilizing the climate. Can Dirt Save the Earth? 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z To prove the provenance of all cocoa, every smallholder’s farm would need to be mapped and every cocoa bean tracked from farm to port. Explainer: Plans to end cocoa deforestation face multiple hurdles 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z According to the Fairtrade Foundation, more than 125 million people around the world depend on coffee for their livelihoods, with around 25 million smallholder farms producing 80% of the world's coffee. Coffee: Who grows, drinks and pays the most? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z The international community will need to step in to democratize access to these advances, and modify them to suit the smallholders who comprise the majority of farmers worldwide. Smallholders need access to big-data agronomy too 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Our technique is suitable for providing help to smallholder farmers, for several reasons. Protecting Cassava from Disease? There's an App for That 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The second is that most of Africa’s farming is done by smallholders who use outdated techniques and whose yields are already low. An army of worms is invading Africa 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z GM was established in large-scale farming in South Africa, but not among the smallholders who produce most African cotton. Special Report: How Monsanto's GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z The state attorney alleges de Souza organised the assassinations to gain access to the forest where the victims – all smallholders – lived. Global firms accused of importing timber linked to Amazon massacre 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z With no electricity for up to 20 hours a day, the only way to power the pumps was with diesel generators, which are prohibitively expensive for many smallholders. Climate Change and Water Woes Drove ISIS Recruiting in Iraq 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z That puts them well outside the range of most smallholder farmers, said Kraig Kraft, an agroecologist and technical adviser with Catholic Relief Services’ Latin America division. The race to save coffee 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z And while smallholder agriculture is hugely labour-intensive, that makes sense when labour is abundant. For Asia, the path to prosperity starts with land reform 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z By 2015, three-quarters of all Burkina Faso’s production was GM, and it became a showcase for the technology among smallholders in Africa. Special Report: How Monsanto's GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z But for the world’s 25 million coffee farmers, most of whom are smallholders like Massa whose fortunes rise and fall with the harvest, the consequences will be much more dire. Drying Climate Threatens Africa’s Coffee, But Hope Remains 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Ultimately, tackling deforestation relies on making the business case for sustainability – especially for Vietnam’s 1.5 million smallholders who own most of its plantations. Vietnamese smallholders help end deforestation – photo essay 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Sugar is one of the few sectors in which China struggles to compete given the higher costs of its smallholder farmers, who produce about 10.5 million tonnes of cane and beet sugar a year. China slaps import duties on sugar; experts question impact 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z "Along with area resident pastoralists, its smallholder farmers, wildlife, and business community, our members are the victims of this crisis, not its instigators," he said. Kuki Gallmann's Kenya safari lodge burned down - BBC News 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z GM was established in large-scale farming in South Africa, but not among the smallholders who produce most African cotton. Special Report: How Monsanto's GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Roughly 90 percent of the country’s coffee is produced by smallholders like Massa. Drying Climate Threatens Africa’s Coffee, But Hope Remains 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z But achieving certification is not easy for smallholders. Vietnamese smallholders help end deforestation – photo essay 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z According to Tri Widjayanti — national project manager for the United Nations Development Programme's Sustainable Palm Oil Initiative Project in Jakarta — many of Indonesia's independent smallholders lack the resources to obtain the best plants. A makeover for the world's most hated crop 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z The foundation said smallholder farmers were responsible for providing the majority of the UK's tea and coffee, yet it said one in three people in Kenya's coffee and tea-growing regions lived in poverty. Fairtrade campaigners fear Brexit impact - BBC News 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z By 2015, three-quarters of all Burkina Faso’s production was GM, and it became a showcase for the technology among smallholders in Africa. Special Report: How Monsanto's GM cotton sowed trouble in Africa 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Large ranches owned by black Kenyans and many smallholders have also been targeted. Are Kenya ranch invasions driven by drought or politics? - BBC News 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z “And smallholder incomes and social standing are improving.” Vietnamese smallholders help end deforestation – photo essay 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Moreover, smallholders have little incentive to plant the most productive trees because they are often paid for their fruit by the kilogram. A makeover for the world's most hated crop 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z By connecting smallholder farmers to global markets, the exchange, launched with a fanfare in 2008, was supposed to help reduce hunger. Ethiopia’s state-of-the-art commodity exchange 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “The future will tell us if the large plantations are as successful as the smallholder farms,” he says. Cambodia's 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z “As peri-urban land is converted, smallholders will lose their land,” he says. Growing mega-cities will displace vast tracts of farmland by 2030, study says 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Here in the heart of Kenya's "Silicon Savannah", tech-savvy entrepreneurs are beginning to tap into a market that, until recently, was the preserve of smallholder farmers known locally as honey hunters. The modern honey hunters of Kenya - BBC News 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z Who makes the Zambian smallholder the poorest farmer in the world? 'I was so hungry I ate water lilies': southern Africa's food crisis in a dozen dishes | John Vidal 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Another model might be the Agricultural Commodity Exchange for Africa in Malawi, which was set up privately in 2006 at the request of an association of smallholder farmers. Ethiopia’s state-of-the-art commodity exchange 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z These problems cut across current commodity-production systems at different scales — from smallholder to corporate farming — and along different commodity chains. Fix food metrics 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Many of sub-Saharan Africa's smallholder farmers - one of the groups hardest hit by more frequent and worsening drought linked to climate change - are women. Largest all-female expedition braves Antarctica to fight inequality, climate change 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z It is an important livelihood crop for more than 11 million farmers, most of whom are smallholders, cultivating coconut palms on around 12 million hectares of land in at least 94 countries worldwide. The Coconut Could Be on the Verge of Collapse 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z The African Chicken Genetic Gains project is on a mission to bring "more productive chickens to African smallholders". Why does Africa import so many chickens? - BBC News 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z It sources locally, boosting developing economies and the livelihood of smallholder farmers in more than 50 countries. These 10 Companies Are Changing the World 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z "If your goal is really to improve livelihoods of people - investing in smallholder farmers is the solution," adds Ms Mittal. The quest to end Sierra Leone's 'hunger season' - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Raphael Laizer, a government official who moved into farming, remembers paying smallholders to plant maize on his fields, insisting on precise distances between seeds. Africa’s real land grab 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z "It should help smallholder farmers realize their rights a lot quicker and enable them to pass those rights on a lot easier," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. New global standard on land to improve rights, boost investment 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Among the ideas Opp's team is already developing is AgriUp, a low bandwidth application for smallholder farmers in Guatemala, which provides location-specific information including farming tips, market prices and weather forecasts. With the latest tech, U.N. seeks to end hunger Silicon Valley-style 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z Indonesia saw the pact as in direct competition with the government's own standards and too difficult for smallholders to comply with. Palm oil firms ditch 'no deforestation' pact in Indonesia 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Although the majority of Bolivia's farms belong to smallholders, 91 percent of the country's agricultural land is tied up in just 4 percent of the farms. Why Bolivia turned away Bill Gates' chicken donation 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z Soon the smallholders were planting their own fields the same way. Africa’s real land grab 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z The World Cocoa Foundation says cocoa produced by over 5 million smallholder farmers around the world supports the livelihoods of more than 50 million people. 'Mercedes' cocoa helps Ivorian farmers speed to better harvest 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z Plans to insure 15 million Ethiopian smallholders were announced in early March. Mobile drought insurance to protect Africa's farmers - BBC News 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z The fires are often started by palm oil plantation and paper firms or by smallholders who use slash-and-burn practices to clear land cheaply. As Indonesian forests burn, new anti-fire agency feels heat 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z Most smallholders belong to a co-operative, which skins, ferments and dries the coffee beans before passing them on to a miller that finishes the processing and grading. A bitter harvest 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Urban farmers’ tractors are hired by smallholders to process maize or plough the fields. Africa’s real land grab 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z An assessment of smallholder farmers' access to seeds says greater engagement from global seed companies would help boost yields and food security. Lack of seeds hampers Africa's ability to boost yields - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The fires are often set by plantation companies and smallholders to clear land, and were particularly bad in 2015 because of a prolonged dry season caused by the El Nino weather pattern. Indonesian province declares emergency as forest fires flare 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z Here, too, many of the smallholders support the government. Venezuela's farmers: 'Planting for the revolution' - BBC News 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z There are more than 3 million smallholder farmers tending rain-fed plots of maize across Mexico, the majority of which cultivate landrace varietals. Taco Maria's Carlos Salgado wants authentic tortillas: That means Mexican maize 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The local sugar mill, which processed cane from 800 local smallholders, closed earlier this year, six years after being expropriated by the government. Support for Venezuela’s Ruling Party Fades in Vital Rural Stronghold 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z In Sub-Saharan Africa, smallholders are responsible for the majority of the region's food production. Lack of seeds hampers Africa's ability to boost yields - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Rubber producers from the three nations—mostly smallholders farming a few acres of rubber trees—are under heavy financial strain following rubber’s 60% fall since the start of 2011. Top Rubber-Producing Countries Aim to Set Up New Trading Platform 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z It will also aim to improve the livelihoods of more than 4 million oil palm smallholders in Indonesia and some 500,000 in Malaysia, he said. Indonesia, Malaysia form OPEC-like council for palm oil producers to ensure price stability 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z But such technologies are out of the reach of smallholders and the rural population. Indigenous peoples must benefit from science 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z People in this part of Guatemala are smallholders who grow corn and beans. Guatemala families struggle for food in Central American drought - BBC News 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z While the findings suggested that global companies were doing more to reach smallholders than had been assumed, Mr Verhagen hoped the big commercial players would step up their efforts. Lack of seeds hampers Africa's ability to boost yields - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z This was good for commercial farmers in places such as South Africa, where output soared, but cut off remote smallholders. Wake up and sell more coffee 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z Impacts of climate change often weigh heavily on Ethiopia's smallholder farmers. Lack of rain in parts of Ethiopia causing cattle deaths; food being stockpiled 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Yet smallholders produce a large proportion of the crops, mainly through conventional farming practices. Indigenous peoples must benefit from science 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z "I happen to think the small farmer, the smallholder, is absolutely crucial to the maintenance of food security," he said. Prince Charles: 'Not enough help for small farmers' - BBC News 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z In these regions, smallholder farmers dominate the agricultural landscape. Lack of seeds hampers Africa's ability to boost yields - BBC News 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The UN, NGOs, and now a small group of entrepreneurial ventures, have identified investment in “smallholder farming” as a smart way to lift people out of poverty. Can Silicon Valley Leaders Help To Solve The Global Food Crisis? 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z These combined issues are a dire threat to the livelihoods of smallholder coffee farmers facing worsening rust issues in Central America. One Agricultural Scientist's Concerns About The Future Of The Food Supply 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Science might be able to pin the blame for the southeast Asia haze on Indonesian smallholders, but it has not yet given them — or others in their position — a way to help prevent it. Indigenous peoples must benefit from science 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z The multinational company said it would begin developing specific time-bound targets for the raw materials it sources this year and would help smallholders, farmers, plantation owners and suppliers to comply with its commitment. Burger giant McDonald's to end deforestation in supply chain 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Established only three years ago, the enterprise is now purchasing crops from hundreds of smallholder farmers to produce nutrient-fortified flour for the Kenyan market. To Feed the World in 2050, We Need to View Small-Scale Farming as a Business 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Scything is popular with smallholders "who can't afford expensive equipment and find it's really good for cutting maybe an acre or two of hay", he adds. Poldark: Could Aidan Turner spark a surge in scything? 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Farmers in the Kenyan test villages are also growing more types of crop, a practice that Kinyangi says increases smallholders’ ability to cope with bad weather or long-term environmental change. Climate-adaptation effort cuts hunger in African villages 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Edward Mabaya, principal investigator for TASAI, said that food security was a key factor for African agriculture, which is dominated by smallholder farmers. Seed index hope for African farmers 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr Foote plans to keep it that way, leaving it to commercial lenders to scale up the business of lending to smallholder exporters. Seeding the market 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Yedent, a business in northern Ghana, is also sourcing from smallholders to produce a similar product enriched with nutrients – the first of its kind on the market. To Feed the World in 2050, We Need to View Small-Scale Farming as a Business 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Around the world, 2.5 billion smallholder farmers depend on agriculture to earn a living, he said, including hundreds of millions who exist at subsistence levels at the best of times. Disaster damage expected to hit $300 billion yearly as events intensify 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z An ambitious project to help smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change has significantly reduced hunger at test sites in East Africa. Climate-adaptation effort cuts hunger in African villages 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z "The challenge is that a lot of this has to do with getting the right agricultural practices to the smallholders - in many cases, helping them to replant," he noted. Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z Dalberg, a consultancy, reckons the potential market for this kind of lending is $22 billion, based on the 10% of smallholder farmers who are part of some sort of collective sales organisation. Seeding the market 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Within its first year of operations, the enterprise worked with more than 1,000 smallholder farmers to aggregate over 500 metric tons of maize. To Feed the World in 2050, We Need to View Small-Scale Farming as a Business 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z A division of the New Alliance that focuses on smallholder farmers is called the “Feed the Future” program. Solving Hunger in Ethiopia by Turning to Native Crops Yet other Harvard classmates Caroline Mauldin and Aleem Ahmed together started Love Grain, a super-food startup committed to improving the lives of families and smallholder farmers through better nutrition and access to markets. Why Grad School Is Now Sexier For Entrepreneurs 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z "There has to be a way of funding this, to sustain the smallholder over the next four to six years so they can see the benefits," he added. Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z It is the country's largest export commodity and more than 20 million smallholders are involved in the trade. Haile Gebrselassie: From athletics to the boardroom 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Collectively, these smallholder farmers, many living on less than $2 per day, grow food for a substantial proportion of the world’s population, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. To Feed the World in 2050, We Need to View Small-Scale Farming as a Business 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z After the abolition of slavery, Mauritius became dominated by thousands of smallholder farmers. Sugar cane offers sweet prospects 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z For the world’s smallholder farmers, the medium- and large-scale farms that characterize the American Midwest might seem irrelevant — and in many contexts, they are. On World Food Day, Talking Scarcity in a Land of Abundance 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z Finding a long-term answer to smallholders' problems involves demonstrating good growing and harvesting practices on plots in the field, and providing them with better seeds and tools. Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z As part of our Issue Brief Series, Root Capital is exploring topics of importance to the fields of smallholder agricultural finance, small and growing business development, and impact investing. Gender Lens Investing: A View From The Inter-American Development Bank 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z In rural areas, where the majority of smallholder farmers are women, food production could be affected, said Koroma, Sierra Leone’s first lady. Ebola striking women more frequently than men A few days later he takes me to his smallholder farm in Flacq, near the island's east coast. Sugar cane offers sweet prospects 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z That meant paying the bridal dowry, a costly but time-bound custom in their community of smallholder farmers in western India. Farmer suicides reflect growing desperation in rural India 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z But it raises the question of whether they will be prepared to invest in smallholders as their profits are squeezed. Will sustainable palm oil surge exclude small farmers? 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z The first issue is depleted soils, which threatens to undermine all attempts to pull Colombia’s smallholder farmers out of generational poverty. In Colombia's Troubled Coffee Lands, A Revolution in Quality and Resilience 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z The suit claimed that transgenic maize threatens the biodiversity of traditional varieties grown by subsistence farmers and smallholders throughout Mexico. GM maize splits Mexico 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Schnurr recently conducted hundreds of interviews with smallholder farmers in the country, asking them to rate what kind of improvements they would like to see in staple crops like the East African Highland cooking banana. 'Super Bananas' Enter U.S. Market Trials 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z He is now one of many smallholders who combine the pressures of a job in the big city with the hard work and peace that the countryside offers. Commuting from the city to the farm 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Most remaining deforestation is by smallholders who care rather less about these things, so the government faces the problem of persuading them to change their ways, too. Cutting down on cutting down 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z "Fairtrade attempts to support and subsidise co-operative groups of 'smallholder' producers on the remarkably naïve assumption that the benefits of this support are distributed evenly amongst the group. This assumption about egalitarian distribution is unwarranted." Fairtrade accused of failing to deliver benefits to African farmworkers 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Urbanization will reduce the poor agricultural population and the number of smallholder farms, and open up possibilities for accelerated rural development through large-scale, modernized farming practices. Society: Realizing China's urban dream 2014-05-07T17:20:25.534Z Since then, at least 10 million smallholder farmers have taken part in field schools across Asia, Africa and Latin America. Agriculture: Engage farmers in research 2014-04-30T17:20:31.858Z The family are friends with three other commuter smallholders in Eridge, and Mr Malkin knows of another small farmer who commutes to his day job on his train. Commuting from the city to the farm 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z But a spokeswoman for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "We appreciate the role that smallholders play in supporting the rural economy and agriculture." 'Small farms' group stages protest 2014-04-18T03:50:38Z Even comparing different smallholder sites, wages were generally lower in the areas dominated by Fairtrade producer organisations. Fairtrade accused of failing to deliver benefits to African farmworkers 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z "They need cash to feed the family, and they can't afford to hold back because they are smallholders," said an exporter in Indonesia. As Vietnam stretches rubber output, risk of price war grows 2014-04-08T21:03:02Z "We need to do everything we can to ensure that farmland, be it leased or owned, remains with Hungarian people, Hungarian farmers and Hungarian smallholders," Fazekas said. Hungary's farmland clampdown risks new conflict with EU 2014-03-07T13:43:04Z "But for 50 years aid agencies have been trying to lift the smallholder from subsistence to surplus - and they've failed." The challenges of boosting Tanzania's rice production 2013-12-23T23:48:03Z Many smallholders are not only supporting their own livelihood but also feeding their families. Plant breeding: Discovery in a dry spell 2013-09-25T21:50:44.027Z But, as in Nigeria and Ghana, it is the smallholders in Ivory Coast, like Desire-Jacques Porquet, who produce most of the country's palm oil. Ivory Coast hopes to squeeze the profits from palm oil 2013-09-09T06:53:30Z Despite these developments, many smallholder farmers, who form the backbone of Africa’s agriculture sector, remain trapped in poverty without access to financing and other tools to increase their productivity and profitability. Bridging Finance And Innovation To Advance A Green Revolution In Africa 2013-08-06T19:19:00Z But he said many smallholders cannot expand their property because of rising land prices. Hungary's farmland clampdown risks new conflict with EU 2014-03-07T13:43:04Z "People have this notion of just helping the smallholders," he says. The challenges of boosting Tanzania's rice production 2013-12-23T23:48:03Z “We do something called 'farmers' participatory varietal selection', where we go to those smallholders and take an area of around 0.5 hectares and demonstrate the crops,” says Varshney. Plant breeding: Discovery in a dry spell 2013-09-25T21:50:44.027Z The advent of farmers markets helps a bit, but there's still no cheap, accessible marketplace for smallholders. Cheap food is an addiction we must break 2013-07-20T23:06:04Z Farm Shop customers, smallholder farmers in Kenya, become more productive with access to professional training, education, and information programs, including demo days with product suppliers and farm visits from area agronomists. Business Best Practice: A Gallery 2013-07-02T10:37:00Z One smallholder in his 40s said he moved to a nearby village with a dream of building his own farm, but was stuck with a tiny plot because of foreigners buying up all the land. Hungary's farmland clampdown risks new conflict with EU 2014-03-07T13:43:04Z For Sultan, both large-scale and smallholder farming will be needed. Guinea's agriculture and mining sectors strive to complement not compete 2013-06-21T10:56:01Z Among rural people, those who live and work on the world’s 500m smallholder farms play an important role, which must be strengthened and expanded. Poverty reduction: A selection of letters on our article 2013-06-10T13:15:26Z We call on the prime minister to withhold the £395m in UK aid money that he has pledged to the initiative, and to invest it instead in support for ecological smallholder farming in Africa. Letters: Back African smallholders, not agribusiness 2013-06-07T20:00:20Z Without decent roads and other infrastructure even the most productive smallholder can't sell their crop. Building bridges between agribusiness and development 2013-04-18T17:21:49Z There's a lot of technology, mechanised and non-mechanised, that still hasn't targeted the smallholder market. Restating the case for modernising smallholder farming 2013-04-15T11:25:00Z Land will not be sold, leases are for up to 20 years – not 99, as is the case in some countries – and companies must link up with smallholder farmers. Guinea's agriculture and mining sectors strive to complement not compete 2013-06-21T10:56:01Z Coffee Rust Hits Smallholder Farmers Hard Earlier this year, while visiting with clients in Honduras, I was struck by the special vulnerability of smallholder coffee farmers. Pathological Collaboration: Cure for the Java Jitters? 2013-04-04T17:27:39Z Which of these categories would be the most relevant benchmark for Africa's average smallholder and severely resource constrained farmer? Brics and Africa: a winning partnership against hunger? 2013-03-26T18:40:39Z From projects using radio, mobile technology and social networking to better inform smallholder farmers about what works to health groups sending patients text messages about treatments, data solutions for development are emerging thick and fast. Beyond access: Turning information into knowledge and power 2013-03-11T15:25:00Z Photograph: Narendra Shrestha/EPA It is widely known that smallholder farmers in developing countries use too few modern inputs and technologies, which often results in low yields and poor quality crops. Restating the case for modernising smallholder farming 2013-04-15T11:25:00Z Our newest offering is financial services designed for the millions of smallholder farms in Myanmar. How to Design Products for People Making $2 a Day 2013-02-08T17:15:04.910Z Photograph: Dado Galdieri/AP For smallholders in developing countries, information on weather, markets and agricultural techniques is key to improving productivity. New versus old media: how best to get information to smallholder farmers 2013-02-07T12:04:51Z This means that smallholder farmers will be included on the WRG's governing council. Davos 2013: water scarcity is 'second most important world risk' 2013-01-24T18:15:04Z The smallholder farmer was the theme of the African Green Revolution Forum. How Africa's first commodity exchange revolutionised Ethiopia's economy 2012-12-13T11:33:04Z These marketing strategies are how we connect smallholder farmers to useful technology for improved productivity, greater food security, and better incomes. Restating the case for modernising smallholder farming 2013-04-15T11:25:00Z This model, War on Want argues, favours large industrial development, and leaves smallholder farmers and small businesses at the mercy of big corporates. Aid for Diageo? UK's private-sector emphasis comes under scrutiny 2012-12-11T11:30:14Z The project worked with 25 radio stations in five countries to research, design, broadcast, monitor and evaluate 49 PRCs, reaching approximately 40 million smallholder farmers. New versus old media: how best to get information to smallholder farmers 2013-02-07T12:04:51Z Some people argue their future will be driven by the private sector – the UK's Department for International Development has been working to link up businesses with smallholder farmers. Does the future of farming in Africa lie in the private sector? 2012-11-23T11:05:04Z The two sides agree on some things, such as improving market access for smallholders, better technical assistance, and keeping subsidies. Land reform in Colombia: Peace, land and bread 2012-11-22T16:03:01Z Since commercial farming scarcely exists — 99 percent of farmers are smallholders — this means small-scale, family-based agriculture is the main, and in many cases the only, source of income for the vast majority of Mozambicans. As Coal Boosts Mozambique, The Rural Poor Are Left Behind 2012-11-11T00:50:11Z The rationale, according to DfID, is that it enabled Diageo to assist smallholder farmers to increase their yields and sell their crops to Guinness as a commercial buyer. Aid for Diageo? UK's private-sector emphasis comes under scrutiny 2012-12-11T11:30:14Z He declared the dispute, which pitted smallholder farmers in the Caribbean against large US multinational producers, is at an end. Peace finally breaks over bananas 2012-11-09T17:24:41Z Giant food retailers are also starting to realise that they need to look after African smallholders to safeguard their future. Does the future of farming in Africa lie in the private sector? 2012-11-23T11:05:04Z "Agricultural growth involving smallholders, especially women, will be most effective in reducing extreme poverty and hunger when it generates employment for the poor," the agencies said. One in eight of world population going hungry: U.N. 2012-10-09T11:48:45Z Increased investments in agriculture should also address the needs of smallholder farmers — particularly women, who provide so much of agricultural labor in sub-Saharan Africa. Letters: Letters: A Problem of Quantity and Quality 2012-09-22T20:33:58Z Financing smallholder farmers is between two and five times more profitable than investing in other types of farming, according to the World Economic Forum. Asia economies seek food security 2012-09-11T16:06:24Z Are food insecure smallholder households making changes in their farming practices? Dot Earth Blog: Study Finds Some African Farmers Adapting to Withstand Climate Stresses 2012-09-07T17:47:58Z They discussed the role of the private sector in upgrading smallholder agriculture to meet demand from foreign and emerging markets in developing countries. Does the future of farming in Africa lie in the private sector? 2012-11-23T11:05:04Z "Biofuels created well in Africa is an excellent opportunity to create jobs in the agricultural sector, thereby creating income for smallholder African farmers," he says. New biofuels offer hope to hungry world 2012-08-08T22:54:53Z "In India, we always need to highlight that smallholder farmers, which are the majority in India, are going to be affected by climate extremes," he said. India's Drought Highlights Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation 2012-08-03T17:45:04.973Z Those who lost their jobs, communities that lost access to sugar industry welfare assistance and the existing smallholders who were mired in debt, were left to fend for themselves. EU sugar aid for Swaziland leaves a bitter taste 2012-07-19T11:51:06Z Based in Nairobi, Kenya, the microinsurance firm offers products for smallholder farmers. Microinsurance: providing a more stable future for small-scale farmers? 2012-06-29T06:00:01Z Rising food prices suggest global demand is still outpacing farmers' productivity, and resource-constrained smallholders need greater market access, training and technology to increase their agricultural production, according to the experts at the meeting in Ethiopia. Does the future of farming in Africa lie in the private sector? 2012-11-23T11:05:04Z However, rather than environmentalists, it is actually many of the company's smallholder farmers leading the calls for it to be delayed. Felda gambles on 'recession-proof' business 2012-06-27T20:58:23Z People, often smallholder farmers, grow those coffee beans in a bid to produce a better life. My Morning Cup of Coffee Kills Monkeys 2012-06-06T18:15:00.227Z Buying food directly from smallholder farmers is the ideal scenario, whether to help people in times of crisis, or as part of the everyday supply chain. Letters: Glencore and global food stocks 2012-02-09T21:00:06Z Kenya’s Equity Bank has formed an alliance with groups such as The International Fund for Agricultural Development to reduce its risks when lending to smallholders. Schumpeter: Green growth 2011-09-14T19:17:43Z "Strengthening smallholder value chains is really about helping farmers to move from being subsistence based to enabling them to make a better profit," says Moffett. Does the future of farming in Africa lie in the private sector? 2012-11-23T11:05:04Z These included green wellies - carved and stuffed with straw - a photo of a farmer gazing up a mountain road and a makeover of the cover of a smallholders' publication. ?5m gallery wins Eisteddfod medal 2011-07-31T13:05:01Z But the private sector was inexperienced and undercapitalized, and both suppliers and lenders considered smallholder farmers to be too poor to be a worthy market. Perspective: A new hope for Africa 2011-06-22T21:50:47.090Z But getting these tools into the hands of poor smallholder farmers requires both political leadership and large public investment. Green: Can the Yield Gap Be Closed - Sustainably? 2011-06-07T16:35:46Z He decided he would adapt a water-saving drip irrigation system to the specific needs of Indian smallholders and sell it at an affordable price. The Case for Patient Capital 2011-05-24T16:55:02Z The message from big buyers is becoming increasingly loud and clear for smallholders. Does the future of farming in Africa lie in the private sector? 2012-11-23T11:05:04Z Aleke's project in Kenya provides low-cost mortgages to former slum dwellers to pull themselves out of poverty, asset financing for smallholder farming, and rural banking services in areas where previously there were none. 'Moving forward' 2011-05-09T23:03:51Z Indeed, it is not unusual for foreign investors to pay less tax than local smallholders. The surge in land deals: When others are grabbing their land 2011-05-05T10:58:31Z Syngenta AG, the world’s biggest maker of agricultural chemicals, sponsors a foundation that sells insurance covering Kenyan smallholder farmers against drought. Holcim Uses Cut-Price Insurance to Tap Emerging Markets Clients 2011-04-07T08:06:03Z These include Masai pastoralists, smallholders, fishermen and tourist hotels as well as big horticulture companies. Kenya's flower industry shows budding improvement 2011-04-01T13:20:26Z “To lose land, or sell your land, is shameful,” said Abdul Nafi, a smallholder who lost his two acres of vines and almond trees to the road being built in Zangabad. Winning Hearts While Flattening Vineyards Is Rather Tricky 2011-03-12T01:04:05Z Experts agree that finding ways to boost the output of Africa's 80 million smallholder farmers will be crucial. Farmers Must Be Weaned Off Using Oil 2011-03-08T13:53:15Z Over the next couple of generations, many such smallholders will give way to larger, industrial farms, which are generally better at managing the risk of spreading plagues. Plagues and livestock: Hot spots 2011-02-10T10:53:44Z Lien van Phoc and Hieb Vuong, both smallholder rice farmers in the Mekong Delta, know only too well how fluctuating prices, uncertain weather patterns and rising labour rates can hit the bottom line. Feeding Africa 2011-02-09T00:12:28Z As a lucrative cash crop, coffee is vital to smallholders in providing the money they need for medicines, daily household necessities such as soap and their children's school fees. Fairtrade coffee producers face challenge of climate change 2011-01-24T20:46:22Z As Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the chef, writer and smallholder told BBC's Panorama recently: "Such is the power of the supermarkets, they are effectively rearranging the entire landscape to suit their business practices." Time to talk about what we really want from our high streets 2011-01-10T13:38:19Z Partners in Health harvests peanuts from a 30-acre farm or buys them from a cooperative of 200 smallholders. Could a Peanut Paste End Malnutrition? 2010-09-02T19:56:00Z Investment to encourage the 1 billion people whose livelihoods rely on smallholder agriculture is vital. Global food prices to rise by up to 40% over next decade, UN report warns 2010-06-15T12:02:00Z Rural middle class Of the more than 7 million hectares in palm oil cultivation, nearly half is in the hands of smallholders, ordinary folk trying to better themselves and look after their families. Better off 2010-03-01T05:02:00Z In each county an agricultural committee should have compulsory power to acquire land and let it out to tenants, chiefly smallholders. British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals In various parts of the country I came upon smallholders who had reached a high degree of proficiency in the fine art of dwarfing trees. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People Even the thrashing machine, universally adopted, presents disadvantages in comparison with the ancient flail, generally regarded as obsolete, though still to be found in occasional use by the smallholder or allotment occupier. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor And we know very nearly as much about Bodo's work as we know about that of a smallholder in France today. Medieval People The key for him is increasing productivity for smallholders. Better off 2010-03-01T05:02:00Z EU enlargement commissioner, Gunter Verheugen, argued a fortnight ago against equalizing support for Poland's 6 million farmers with the subsidies given to the EU's 8 million smallholders. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism "To purchase land for the State, and let for co-operative agriculture under conditions of efficiency and to smallholders on durable cultivating interests." The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 They had been discussing the problem of the smallholder. All Roads Lead to Calvary The cotton, rice and groundnut oil subventions generously doled out to growers in the United States - the EU's most vocal critic - harm the third world smallholders and sharecroppers it purports to defend. The Belgian Curtain Europe after Communism |
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