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1. ourworldindata.org › smallholder-food-productionSmallholders produce one-third of the world’s food, less than ...

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   Aug 6, 2021 · A country cannot leave deep poverty behind when most of the population work as smallholder farmers. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has made incorrect claims about the world’s reliance on smallholder farmers in the past.

2. www.weforum.org › agenda › 2021Small farms produce the majority of the world's crops | World ...

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   Oct 6, 2021 · China leads the world production of rice, wheat and many vegetables and operates mainly small farms, to supply its own growing population. Big farms have a minority share in crop production, only contributing to 5% of worldwide crop growth.

   • Author: Florian Zandt

3. ourworldindata.org › agricultural-productionAgricultural Production - Our World in Data

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   How much, and what types of food, do countries produce across the world? By: Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado and Max Roser. Introduction. Data Explorer. Charts. Cite This Work. Reuse This Work. Agricultural production is not only fundamental to improving nutrition, but is also the main source of income for many.

4. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleHow much of the world's food do smallholders produce?

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   Jun 1, 2018 · In 2016, a pair of studies evaluated the contribution of smallholders and family farms to global crop and food production. Lowder was the first to report on global farm size trends from 1960 to 2010 derived from 167 countries in the World Census of Agriculture (WCA).

   • Author: Vincent Ricciardi, Navin Ramankutty, Zia Mehrabi, Larissa Jarvis, Brenton Chookolingo

   • Publish Year: 2018

5. www.weforum.org › agenda › 2020Small farms are key to the future of food - how to help ...

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   Nov 20, 2020 · Small-scale farmers and rural populations are disproportionately among the poor and hungry. But they are also the best hope for increasing land productivity and crop diversity to feed a growing world.

   • Author: Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo

6. www.weforum.org › agenda › 2022Smallholder farmers key to achieving global food security

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   Sep 28, 2022 · Key to feeding the planet is working with smallholder farmers, who produce about one-third of the world's food supply. We can transition to a sustainable food system by embracing agricultural innovation and technology for producers at all levels.

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   Do smallholder farmers produce 80% of the World's Food?

   • Recent studies suggest that this figure is too high: smallholder farmers produce around one-third of the world’s food, less than half of what these headlines claim. A key problem is that some use the terms ‘family farms’ and ‘smallholder farms’ interchangeably. Family farms do produce around 80% of the world’s food.

   Smallholders produce one-third of the world’s food, less than

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   Are most of the world's farmers smallholders?

   • Most of the world's farmers are smallholders. They are also often the poorest. How much of the world's food do they produce? It is often claimed that smallholder farmers produce 70% or even 80% of the world’s food. This claim has even been made by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO).

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   Do smallholders and family farms contribute to global crop and food production?

   • In 2016, a pair of studies evaluated the contribution of smallholders and family farms to global crop and food production. Lowder was the first to report on global farm size trends from 1960 to 2010 derived from 167 countries in the World Census of Agriculture (WCA).

   How much of the world's food do smallholders produce?

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   Are smallholders the poorest farmers in the world?

   • Most of the world's farmers are smallholders – with farms less than two hectares in size. Yet these farmers are some of the poorest. The size and low labor productivity on these farms can make it difficult for smallholders to increase their incomes, and escape poverty.

   Farm Size and Productivity - Our World in Data

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8. ourworldindata.org › farm-sizeFarm Size and Productivity - Our World in Data

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   Most of the world's farmers are smallholders – with farms less than two hectares in size. Yet these farmers are some of the poorest. The size and low labor productivity on these farms can make it difficult for smallholders to increase their incomes, and escape poverty.