Education innitiative to empower smallholders with skills and knowledge to improve the viability of their holdings.
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2 May 2022
Let these words inspire you.
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29 Apr 2022
Start the trend!
Support local businesses that benefit the community where you live, work, and play.
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29 Apr 2022
๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
They are already being defended and reinvented thanks to the farmer and civil society innovations.
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29 Apr 2022
However, they require greater and stronger public backing, particularly in the face of constraints such as land access.
If we recognise the benefits provided by small farms and provide them with the support they deserve, small farms have the potential to be a decisive element
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29 Apr 2022
of an agricultural system that is fit for the future: viable, resilient, and sustainable in every sense.
Read more here:
accesstoland.eu/.../small_faโฆ...
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26 Apr 2022
๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฆ
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐
๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ.
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26 Apr 2022
Their main objective is to promote local development and provide services to change the depopulation of their rural areas by offering training to our farmers, including organic farmers, to become more viable and help them to produce and promote their very special products.
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25 Apr 2022
WHY SMALLHOLDERS MATTER
Smallholders hold the key to Europeโs agricultural & food heritage.
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25 Apr 2022
Hard-working micro-businesses with a legacy product they believe in, smallholders act like a seed bank, preserving our heritage breeds & rare arable crops despite crippling challenges and disadvantages due to the small size of their operations,
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25 Apr 2022
weak technical capacity, high vulnerability to risks and lack of capital.
As a result, smallholder farming is about a third less productive than large-scale farming (UN Food and Agriculture Organization)
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25 Apr 2022
SPOTLIGHT ON SPAIN
In Spain, the family farming model is clearly predominant, representing 70% of the agricultural sector. A relevant example of this model is the southeast of the country, particularly in the coastal areas of the provinces of Granada and Almerรญa.
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25 Apr 2022
The agriculture in these areas has become specialized in horticultural crops: pepper, tomato, cucumber, green bean, zucchini, eggplant, watermelon and melon.
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22 Apr 2022
SPOTLIGHT ON OUR PARTNERS
Our Irish friends, Leitrim Organic Farmers Coop, was established in 1998 to develop markets for its members produce and provide education and training. The Coop provides services to both smallholders and organic farmers in Leitrim and the wider region.
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21 Apr 2022
Smallholder farms are characterised by family-focused motives and it is the families who are responsible for everything from production to farm maintenance.
For more interesting findings feel free to visit:
small-holders.eu
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20 Apr 2022
๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐.
Do you agree with our quote of the day?
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18 Apr 2022
Small farms are a crucial element of the European agricultural system. They produce most of the healthy and diverse food that we eat every day, they provide local jobs and sustain rural activities, and they secure the resilience of our food system.
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18 Apr 2022
Nevertheless, across Europe small farms are disappearing. They struggle to compete with large multinational agro-businesses, they are under pressure from land grabbing, and they face serious challenges to secure public support, as they are often considered unviable and outdated.
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18 Apr 2022
You can read more about it here: small-holders.eu/small-farmsโฆ
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