Title:
Changing perspectives : small-scale farmers, markets and globalization
Authors:
Murphy, S.
Place:
The Hague [etc.]
Publisher:
Hivos [etc.]
Year:
2010
Series Title:
HIVOS Knowledge Programme : report
PAGE:
43
Language:
eng
Subject:
Agriculture and Rural Development
Keywords:
agriculture
,
globalization
,
markets
Abstract:
This paper maps and summarizes the debate relating to small-scale farmers and their relationships to globalized and globalizing markets. It documents evolving views of small-scale farming as the process of globalization evolves, looking at how small-scale farmers have been viewed in relation to both wider economic development priorities and in relation to food security policies. The paper also looks at how small-scale farmers have navigated these changes. The paper uses five broad narratives to describe how different actors see small-scale farmers in the context of globalizing markets. The analysis also explores how the 2007-2008 global food crisis and its aftermath have challenged these narratives.
Organization:
Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation (HIVOS)
,
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Category:
Research
Right:
© 2010 HIVOS & IIED
Document type:
Report
File:
193519.pdf