Rosset, Peter
The multiple functions and benefits of small farm agriculture in the context of global trade negotiations - 2000 - p.77-82 - Jun
Peter Rosset challenges the conventional wisdom that small farms are backward and unproductive. Using evidence from southern and northern countries he demonstrates that small farms are `multi-functional' - more productive, more efficient, and able to contribute more to economic development than large farms. He analyses the threats posed to small farmers by today's trade liberalization and concludes with a call to unite against an Agreement on Agriculture that might make their continued existence impossible. - Reproduced
Social justice
Liberalization
Food supply
Environment
Biodiversity
Agriculture
The multiple functions and benefits of small farm agriculture in the context of global trade negotiations - 2000 - p.77-82 - Jun
Peter Rosset challenges the conventional wisdom that small farms are backward and unproductive. Using evidence from southern and northern countries he demonstrates that small farms are `multi-functional' - more productive, more efficient, and able to contribute more to economic development than large farms. He analyses the threats posed to small farmers by today's trade liberalization and concludes with a call to unite against an Agreement on Agriculture that might make their continued existence impossible. - Reproduced
Social justice
Liberalization
Food supply
Environment
Biodiversity
Agriculture