Smallholders and Family Farmers
Smallholders are small-scale farmers, pastoralists, forest keepers, fishers who manage areas varying from less than one hectare to 10 hectares. Smallholders are characterized by family-focused motives such as favouring the stability of the farm household system, using mainly family labour for production and using part of the produce for family consumption.
Author: Office of Assistant Director-General (Natural Resources Management and Environment Department)
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Year: 2013
Geographical coverage: Africa, Asia and the Pacific
Type: Fact sheet
Full text available at: https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ar588e
Content language: English