Download or read book Whole family approach to agricultural market success written by Apa, Taaloga and published by CTA. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief describes how Women in Business Development Incorporated (WIBDI), a non-profit organisation in Samoa, works with farming families to produce highvalue products for local and global markets. Shifting away from a women-focused approach, WIBDI now uses an approach that involves the whole family, keeping all family members on board. It has also invested in digital applications and resources to increase the efficiency of operations, profile the producers and their products, and facilitate engagement with markets and customers.

Download or read book Emerging Markets for Family Farms written by Kelly O'Neill and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Marketing Alliances Project, a market-oriented program that rewards environ'l. stewardship, improves opportunities for family farms and small bus., and revitalizes rural communities by supporting efforts to provide wholesome, healthy food produced under environmentally sound practices is profiled. Discusses rural communities suffering from lack of farming opportunities, reforms in livestock markets, opportunities and barriers to value-added processing and market enterprises, products with greatest market potential, consumer interests, market develop., coop. relationships among agricultural enterprises, and fostering family farms.

Download or read book Long term Farm Policy to Succeed the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 1118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Family Farming in the Amazon written by Anderson Borges Serra and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Background: Family farming is a means of organizing agricultural, forestry, fisheries, pastoral and aquaculture production that is managed and operated by a family and predominantly reliant on family capital and labor, and that includes labor from both men and women. The family and the farm property are linked, co-evolve and combine economic, environmental, social and cultural functions. Family farmers have the potential to contribute to rural development through food production and job creation, socio-environmental stabilization of rural landscapes, endogenous local development and rural poverty reduction. However, global transformation processes such as modernization of productive technologies, demand for increased productivity, the need to comply with new standards of agricultural markets, competition for land and water, land speculation, and rising prices of fuels and fertilizers directly affect family farmers and impose challenges to the continuation of agricultural activities and permanence of these families in the rural landscape. Against this background, there are doubts about the capability of family farmers to develop successful trajectories amid the transformations of the rural world, and about their ability to remain in the rural landscape in the future. Furthermore, it is unclear if these family farmers are the best option to solve society's current and future challenges. Aims: Initial aim of this research was to generate knowledge to promote an eventually existing potential of family farmers to contribute to sustainable rural development for the benefit of local and global societies. To that end, the types of farmers were identified, and the socioeconomic reproduction trajectories of the farmers present in the rural landscape were described and analyzed as factors of the rural context and as characteristics of the farmers' influence on their respective trajectories. The socioeconomic and environmental impacts of different types of farmers in the rural landscape were assessed, and the requirements of how to promote trajectories of small-scale farmers that contribute to a sustainable rural development were identified. Study area and methodology approach: The research was conducted in the Brazilian Amazon, in the southwest of the state of Pará, in a region known as the Trans-Amazon highway. The methodological approach was mixed, with qualitative and quantitative procedures for data collection, processing and analysis. Interviews were conducted with key informants, including farmers, social leaders and public agents. Secondary sources were consulted through literature reviews, official documents and statistics, and field trips were made to collect quantitative and qualitative primary data. The field data were collected in five municipalities, with one representative sampling area in each municipality. In each sampling area, a survey was carried out about the history of the farmers' occupation of the communities, from the beginning of the occupation of the rural landscape in the 1970s until 2014. Overall, the research considered a total of777 rural properties on 148,000 hectares of occupied area, and 1,458 farmers. A typology of farmers was done based on five criteria: (i.) family labor; (ii.) poverty; (iii.) origin of income; (iv.) income composition; and (v.) composition of the production system. Trajectories of the farmer families were elaborated concerning the following criteria: (i.) mobility in the landscape; (ii.) size of rural property; (iii.) composition of the production system; (iv.) socioeconomic status; and (v.) origin of family income. Aspects that influenced farmers' trajectories were(i.) accessibility; (ii.) soil fertility; (iii.) land tenure; (iv.) rural credit; and (v.) agricultural markets; as well as, from a family sphere perspective, (vi.) family labor. To assess the farmers' role regarding sustainable rural development, the following aspects were considered: (i.) food security, (ii.) generation of employment, and (iii.) social inclusion, from asocial perspective; (iv.) growth of the economy, (v.) generation of taxes, and (vi.) stimulation of local economy, from an economic perspective; and, from an environmental perspective, (vii.) forest conservation. Results: The farmers along the Transamazon highway show a large diversity regarding their socioeconomic, productive and environmental characteristics, reflecting the ecological, institutional and infrastructural diversity of the region as well as their individual histories. This large and ever-14 changing universe of farmers can be grouped into 11 types based on the criteria of labor, family income, income origin, production system and share of non-agricultural and urban activity to the family income. This categorization includes the eight small-scale farmer types: Subsistence; Vegetable; Commodities; Cattle; Cattle & Agriculture; Diversified; Off-farm Dependent; and Urban Residence; and the three types of medium and large-scale farmers: Cattle; Diversified; and Urban Investors. Each farmer type relates to specific social, economic and environmental features with relevance to the issue of sustainable rural development. Small-scale farmers and farmers with more diversified production systems show a more positive contribution than farmers exclusively engaged in cattle, particularly at a large-scale, as well as subsistence farmers. In accordance with this result, the Diversification, as well as, to a lesser degree, the Crop Specialization trajectories positively contribute to sustainable rural development considering all analysed aspects, whereas the trajectories Cattle Specialization and Stagnation demonstrate very negative impacts. In general, small-scale farmers, with the exception of subsistence and specialized cattle farmers, from a societal perspective, show a better performance than medium and large-scale farmers, with the exception of strongly diversified farmers. However, over time, the vast majority of the settled land have been occupied by only some few types of farmers, namely those engaged in cattle specialization (Small Cattle, Small Cattle & Agriculture and Large Cattle), and Urban Investors. In the future, this land concentration trend is expected to continue. Accordingly, it is an expansive and standardized model of agriculture showing the least favourable performance with regard to the aspect of sustainable rural development that increasingly dominates the region. Simultaneously however, alternative modes of farming show a positive performance of consolidation, whenever on small portions of the rural landscape. This includes mainly farmers engaged in the trajectories of Crop Specialization and Diversification, particularly the latter also including medium and large-scale farmers. In addition, there is a trend of Urbanization where farmers manage their fields from their urban residences and in which they increasingly depend on off-farm sources of income. In this sense, the study also shows that a significant share of family famers has the capacity to adapt to emerging opportunities, so that family farming will continue being a central component of the rural Amazon. But the degree of success of family farmers in the highly competitive contexts of the Amazon depends on favourable conditions. The probability of success of family farming increases with good accessibility of the farms, the availability of fertile soils, and titled rural properties. Additionally, attractive agricultural markets and effective logistics are needed as well as access to adequate finance. Conclusions: The findings suggest that family farming could play an essential role for the future of the region. The promotion of diversification and specialization trajectories of small-scale farmers is an excellent option to foster sustainable rural development in the post-frontier areas of the Amazon. However, in view of the continuous expansion of cattle ranching and large-scale agriculture, more accentuated policies are needed to support family farmers. This may include: (i.) limit agrarian reform settlement projects to favourable contexts regarding accessibility and soil fertility providing small properties manageable with family labor; (ii.) concentrate support to small-scale farmers engaged in diversification and specialization trajectories; (iii.) allow and foster non-agricultural activities of beneficiaries of agrarian reform actions as a means to diversify and stabilize their livelihood basis; (iv.) adjust rural credit programs to better respond to the existing diversity of farmer's activities; (v.) improve the accessibility and quality of public services provided in rural settings regarding markets, finance, administration, but also in the area of education and health; (vi.) effectively protect rural spaces from cattle ranchers and urban investors

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Download or read book Farmers Markets written by Garry Owen Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farmers' Markets: Success, Failure and Management Ecology is the only book presently available that investigates the current phenomenal growth of farmers' markets in the U.S. The research is a reflection of a period marked by growing consumer interest in locally produced foods, a resistance toward a globalizing food system, and seemingly boundless interest in and support for farmers' markets. Using an ecological approach, the book explores historic trends related to growth and decline in market numbers, examines the management organization associated with markets of specific sizes, analyzes the characteristics and issues associated with markets that fail, and offers a model that illustrates how farmers' market organizers successfully adapt to barriers and challenges in their environment. The book engages a node in the food system that has implications for the economic health of small farms and the social and economic life of communities. The book incorporates both the academic and the practical. It will be an important reference to students and researchers across disciplines with interests in food system research, as well as practitioners managing or working with farmers' markets. As an applied study, the book provides information and recommendations to assist markets with decision making and strategic planning. Although the focus of this research is on one area in the United States, the findings have broad application. The foreword to this study is by distinguished scholar and food system analyst, Gail Feenstra of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP) at the University of California, Davis.

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Download or read book The Farm to Market Handbook written by Janet Hurst and published by Voyageur Press (MN). This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Farm to Market Handbook, veteran dairy-goat farmer Janet Hurst teaches you how to create a marketing plan for your farm products and earn money from your farm.

Download or read book The Agricultural Marketing System written by V. James Rhodes and published by Holcomb Hathaway Pubs. This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth edition of The Agricultural Marketing System will help you understand not only the what but also the why of agricultural marketing, and it will help prepare you for success in real-world agricultural marketing. This text reflects the economic factors, socioeconomic trends, farm demographic changes, global competitiveness, and consumer attitudes that shape the current structure and operation of the U.S. agricultural marketing system. It shows you how decisions at one level in the value chain impact all other levels, and it explores how and when the system changes as a result of individual decisions. As in previous editions, the focus remains on teaching future managers, decision makers, and opinion leaders about the economic forces of the agricultural food chain. New to this edition are a greater focus on quality-based marketing and contracting and a more global perspective. Clear explanations, updated exhibits, real-life examples, and new learning activities all aid understanding and help you prepare to become a successful market participant able to assess the marketing environment and to develop and implement strategies for achieving your marketing objectives.

Download or read book The Essential Guide to Hobby Farming written by Carol Ekarius and published by i5 Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six containers of heirloom tomatoes, miniature squashes, and herbs on your back patio or six acres of beets, cabbages, and strawberries? Five chickens and a honey bee hive or a small farm with three dozen sheep and a couple of quarter horses? Regardless of the size of your “field of dreams,” Essential Guide to Hobby Farming is your best first step to making that hobby-farm aspiration a pleasurable and profitable reality. A hobby farmer for the past thirty years, Carol Ekarius shares the joys, challenges, and rewards of living the rural life. Hobby farming is as much a state of mind as it is an address in the country, and this instructive, beautifully photographed manual addresses every topic beginning hobby farmers need to know, from purchasing the right land and equipment to choosing and maintaining crops and livestock to marketing and selling your hobby farm’s yield. TOPICS DISCUSSED INSIDE: -Assessing finances and resources—land, water, tools of the trade (trucks, tractors, various implements) -Choosing the best crops for your land, climate, hardiness, and profitability -Selecting and caring for the livestock—chickens, goats, cows, sheep, etc.—that best fits your hobby farm -Protecting crops and livestock against predators, pests, and disease -Business and marketing options for selling your “local food” directly to restaurants and farmers’ markets and through CSA programs -Preserving the harvest, through canning, drying, and freezing, plus over two dozen original recipes for your homegrown produce NEW FOR THE SECOND EDITION: Expanded section on chickens, including urban and suburban accommodations; honey bee keeping; adding a barn or annex building to the farm; trends in planting, including miniature vegetables, heirloom varieties, and “hot” new vegetables and hybrids; adding flower beds to the property; getting involved with a CSA

Download or read book Successful Farming written by Ernest E. Faville and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes various special sections or issues annually: 1968- Harvesting issue (usually no. 7 or 8); 1968- Crop planning issue (usually no. 12; title varies slightly); Machinery management issue (Usually no. 2); 1970- Crop planting issue (usually no. 4; title varies slightly.)

Download or read book SMALL SCALE FAMILY FARMING IN THE NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA REGION written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides an overview of a study conducted in the NENA region in 2015-2016 in partnership with FAO, CIRAD, CIHEAM-IAMM and six national teams, each of which prepared a national report. In the six countries under review in the NENA region (Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Mauritania, Sudan and Tunisia), agriculture is carried out primarily by small-scale family farmers, the majority of whom run the risk of falling into the poverty trap, largely due to the continuous fragmentation of inherited landholdings. As such, the development of small-scale family farming can no longer be based solely on intensifying agriculture, as the farmers are not able to produce sufficient marketable surplus due to the limited size of their landholdings. An approach based strictly on agricultural activity is also insufficient (as small-scale family farms have already diversified their livelihoods with off-farm activities). In fact, developing small-scale farming cannot be achieved by focusing strictly on t he dimension of production.

Download or read book Successful Governance Initiatives and Best Practices written by and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared by the State Plans Division of the Planning Commission in collaboration with the Human Development Resource Centre, this volume compiles successful government initiatives from across the country in the areas of land, water and livelihood; human development and social services; and public interface with government.

Download or read book The American Elevator and Grain Trade written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agriculture and Natural Resources written by Lynn J. Maish and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Scope and Method of Research in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology written by Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Advisory Committee on Social and Economic Research in Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Food from Farm to Table written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: