It is clear that any definition of a small farm needs to be based on national and regional realities. Definitions involving only the criterion of farm size have universal appeal as they are relatively easy to apply and allow simple comparisons across countries and world regions. However, they don't capture all the complexities of farming. Definitions involving additional criteria to farm size are more meaningful, particularly those including indicators of the farm economic output, but data availability is often a limitation (Ruane, 2016). At the same time there is an increasing need to better understand the relative importance and role of small farms in different regional contexts in order to support the design of public interventions. This is crucial for many regions in Europe, where changes in the farm sector are occurring at exceptionally strong pace.
The main objective of this deliverable is to describe the analytical process which enabled the development of a European map of the distribution of small farms at the NUTS-3 level. This process considered different dimensions of farm size through the combination of different datasets with information obtained from key experts. These experts were identified based on the territorial, social and economic expertise needed. A cluster analysis has been performed at NUTS-3 level using the available statistical data on farm size. The distribution of the number of holdings and of the utilized agricultural area (UAA) by farm size classes is presented, as well as a map with the distribution of different clusters that represent different structural patterns of the distribution of small farms.
The SALSA project aims at assessing the current and future role of small farms and related small food businesses in contributing to sustainable food and nutrition security at regional level in Europe and in selected African regions, and to identify...
This deliverable is a report on the main methodological steps implemented in the framework of the Small Farms, Small Food Business and Sustainable Food Security (SALSA) project in task 2.3 of Work Package 2 (WP2) to produce the Output 3,...
This deliverable is a report of the work done in the framework of the Small Farms, Small Food Business and Sustainable Food Security (SALSA) project in task 2.3 of Work Package (WP2) as defined in the description of work (DOW)...
This report summarizes the international symposium organized on 21 June 2016 by the Tropical Agricultural Platform (TAP) to discuss capacity development for food security and nutrition in Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS). In addition, the symposium aimed to present the findings of the...
In the context of the SALSA project, the overall aim of WP6 is to identify, develop and disseminate policy tools and other support mechanisms that are most appropriate for maintaining and enhancing the contribution of small farms to sustainable FNS in the...