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Diversity of Family Farming Around the World

Existence, Transformations and Possible Futures of Family Farms

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Editors:
  1. Pierre-Marie Bosc

    1. CIRAD, UMR MOISA, Montpellier, France

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  2. Jean-Michel Sourisseau

    1. CIRAD, UMR ART-DEV, Montpellier, France

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  3. Philippe Bonnal

    1. Montpellier, France

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  4. Pierre Gasselin

    1. CIRAD, UMR INNOVATION, Montpellier, France

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  5. Élodie Valette

    1. CIRAD, UMR ART-DEV, Montpellier, France

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  6. Jean-François Bélières

    1. CIRAD, UMR ART-DEV, Montpellier, France

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  • The diversity of local and national family farming situations, studied with a single methodological frame gives sense to the family-based farming choice for the future
  • An original adaptation and a challenging test of the widely used sustainable rural livelihood framework
  • A wide participation of authors from academic and development bodies

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    • Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Pierre-Marie Bosc, Philippe Bonnal, Jean-François Bélières, Pierre Gasselin, Élodie Valette
    Pages 1-9

  3. Non-commercial Rationales, an ‘Archaism’ Worth Revisiting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Introduction

      • Pierre-Marie Bosc
      Pages 13-15

    3. Family Farming in Polish Podlasie: Anachronism or Overlooked Potential?

      • Pascal Chevalier
      Pages 17-28

    4. Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture, the Dairy Farms of Cairo, Egypt

      • Annabelle Daburon, Véronique Alary, Ahmed Ali, Mohammad El-Srogi, Jean-François Tourrand
      Pages 29-42

    5. Integration into International Markets of Cotton Family Farms in Mali

      • Mamy Soumaré, Jean-François Bélières, Michel Passouant, Moumouni Sidibé
      Pages 43-59

    6. The Precariousness of the Sedentarization of a Pastoral Fulani Population in Benin

      • Isabelle Droy, Jean-Étienne Bidou
      Pages 61-76

  4. Local Anchoring and Migration as Two Faces of the Same Coin

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 77-77
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    2. Introduction

      • Élodie Valette
      Pages 79-80

    3. Multi-localized Diversified Family Farming in Nicaragua

      • Sandrine Fréguin-Gresh, Anaïs Trousselle, Geneviève Cortes
      Pages 81-97

    4. The iony Moment: Migration, Livelihoods and Family Farming in the Upper Cañar Valley (Southern Ecuadorian Andes)

      • Michel Vaillant
      Pages 99-113

    5. Agriculture in Southern Mozambique, an Activity Based on Labour Migration

      • Sara Mercandalli
      Pages 115-129

  5. On the Boundaries of Family Farming: Examples of Family Business Farming

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. Introduction

      • Jean-Michel Sourisseau
      Pages 133-135

    3. In Between Agro-industries and Family Business Farms: Ephemeral Smallholder Family Plantations in Indonesia

      • Stéphanie Barral
      Pages 137-148

    4. Family Farming in Brazil: Modernized and Integrated

      • Osmar Tomaz de Souza, Philippe Bonnal, Leonardo Beroldt, Renata Menasche
      Pages 149-162

    5. Family-Run Farm Enterprises, Territories and Policies in Argentina

      • Sophie Chaxel, Roberto Cittadini, Pierre Gasselin, Christophe Albaladejo
      Pages 163-176

  6. Diversification of Activities Between Strategies of Survival and Accumulation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Introduction

      • Pierre Gasselin
      Pages 179-180
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About this book

This book aims at explaining the nature and strength of the links between the families and their farms looking at their diversity throughout the world. To do so, it documents family farming diversity by using the sustainable rural livelihood (SRL) framework exploring their ability to adapt and transform to changing environments. In 18 case studies in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, it shows how family farms resist under adverse conditions, seize new opportunities and permanently transform. Family farms, far from being backwards are potential solutions to face the current challenges and shape a new future for agriculture taking advantage of their local knowledge and capacity to cope with external constraints. Many co-authors of the book have both an empirical and theoretical experience of family farming in developed and developing countries and their related institutions. They specify «what makes and means family» in family farming and the diversity of their expertise draws a wide and original picture of this resilient way of farming throughout the world. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • CIRAD, UMR MOISA, Montpellier, France

    Pierre-Marie Bosc

  • CIRAD, UMR ART-DEV, Montpellier, France

    Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Élodie Valette, Jean-François Bélières

  • Montpellier, France

    Philippe Bonnal

  • CIRAD, UMR INNOVATION, Montpellier, France

    Pierre Gasselin

About the editors

Editors of this work are Bosc, Pierre-Marie; Sourisseau, Jean-Michel; Bonnal, Philippe; Gasselin, Pierre; Valette, Elodie; Bélières, Jean-François

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diversity of Family Farming Around the World

  • Book Subtitle: Existence, Transformations and Possible Futures of Family Farms

  • Editors: Pierre-Marie Bosc, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Philippe Bonnal, Pierre Gasselin, Élodie Valette, Jean-François Bélières

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1617-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: �ditions Qu� 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-024-1616-9Published: 21 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-024-1617-6Published: 08 January 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 341

  • Number of Illustrations: 51 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Human Geography, Family

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