A Big Chance for Small Farmers

In the other parts of the country a small population of Sami hunters, fishermen and small scale farmers lived.

Small farmers, predominantly in developing countries, will bear the brunt of climate change.

During the civil war, most small scale farmers have reverted to subsistence farming.

This comes largely at the expense of small farmers and consumers, particularly the poor.

I say she because the majority of small scale farmers in Africa are women.

(a) Creating an enabling environment that encourages the participation of rural producers and small farmers

The UN has focused on getting seeds and fertilizers into the hands of small farmers.

It calls for dismantling trade barriers and ending agricultural subsidies that hurt farmers and small businesses.

Assistance to non governmental organizations should be expanded, and US assistance also should be targeted toward small farmers and small and medium sized businesses.

And if you fill the cup with local agriculture from small farmers, you have a transformative effect.

The 2008 planting seasons came and went with much too little additional help for impoverished small farmers.

There s a little something for everyone, including a stunning 15 billion in loan waivers for small farmers.

This policy gave Unilever the highest score on openness to small farmers, with a rating of fair.

They are not providing small scale farmers with an equal opportunity to sell into their supply chains, and when small scale farmers do have the opportunity to sell to the big brands suppliers, they may not receive a fair price for their product.

She also took a paid position with the local Farm Loan Association, dispensing small loans to local farmers.

Given their central role not only as mothers and caregivers, but also as farmers, rural women hold the key to food security.

Many governments are so fearful of their farmers that they see no other option than to hold their ground, no matter what.

And you know, these are really relevant topics that are long term and important for both people in Africa who are small farmers and people in America who are farmers and eaters.

Aggressive expansion of proven low cost, high impact micro irrigation techniques would do more to help small scale farmers.

Agricultural development efforts should, therefore, focus on promoting the growth and sustainability of smallholder farmers and small rural businesses.

Small farmers, for their part, are required to be organized in cooperatives or other groups that allow democratic participation.

In Argentina, for example, more than 2,760 farmers (mainly poor farmers with small plots of land dispersed over a wide area) were trained to use alternatives in the first year of the project.

In agriculture, small farmers would be placed on a collision course with US agro business and their heavily subsidized farm exports.

Rich countries should help African farmers use improved seed varieties, more fertilizer, and better water management, such as small scale irrigation.

In the on going evaluation of methyl bromide projects, smuggling of limited quantities of methyl bromide in small cans was reported for several countries, mostly for the use of small farmers.

Women receive, for example, only 10 of the credit given to small farmers and less than 1 of total loans to agriculture.

Together with poor infrastructure, many small farmers in Africa have insufficient access to productive assets, such as land, water, and new technologies.

They turned off the tap to agriculture, leaving small farmers to rely on basic farming practices and on government and donor handouts.

I've gone out there I've met with the small farmers who have built their livelihoods on the opportunity and platform provided by this.

The UN has focused on getting seeds and fertilizers into the hands of small farmers. We seek a new green revolution in Africa.

The productive capacity of Haiti s small farmers will be crucial in helping the country to overcome this crisis and avert severe food shortages.

What I found was, I started working with refugees and famine victims small farmers, all, or nearly all who had been dispossessed and displaced.

In developing nations where these effects are most severe, small farmers could no longer afford basic inputs and were forced to sell their land.

The horticultural supply chain starts with small scale farmers, who represent 60 per cent of all horticultural production and sell their produce through intermediaries.

Many rainforest countries have united in recent years to suggest the establishment of a rainforest conservation fund by the rich countries, to pay impoverished small farmers a small amount of money to preserve the forest.

The next 18 months hold important opportunities for concerted action against the easy availability and misuse of small arms.

These pooled funds would enable farmers in poor countries to obtain the fertilizer, improved seed varieties, and small scale irrigation equipment that they urgently need.

The climate risk index developed by the Centre would allow farmers to protect their small investments and ensure that they did not have to emigrate.

Farmers and forest owners also produce heat and electricity which they sell to small and medium sized enterprises in industry and the public service sector.

Three quarters of the world s poorest people get their food and income from farming small plots of land, and most of these smallholder farmers are women.

As regards small scale farmers, there are fears that they would risk being squeezed between other, larger players, since they lack leverage in the supply chain.

The major challenges in my country are tackling extreme poverty and health care, which affect the neediest sectors of the population indigenous people and small farmers.

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Some 25,000 rich American cotton farmers divide 3 to 4 billion in subsidies among themselves with most of the money going to a small fraction of the recipients. The increased supply depresses cotton prices, hurting some 10 million farmers in sub Saharan Africa alone.