PAESA

Seeds of Sustenance

08/06/2015

More than 50% of food production comes from small farmers in LAC (Rabobank, 2015).

Más del 50% de la producción alimentaria procede de pequeños agricultores en LAC (Rabobank, 2015)

Rabobank. 2015. Latin America Agricultural Perspectives. Latin America After the Commodity Boom Series. Utrecht: RaboBank.

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)

Sector: Agri-Food (total)

Area: Family Farming

Beneficiary: Urban or peri-urban farmers Family agriculture

Agriculture holdings

31/12/2014 Go to Evidence

16.5 million farms in Latin America and the Caribbean belong to family farmers, involving some 60 million people.

FAO (2014)

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (aggregate)

Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products

Area: Family Farming

Family farming area

31/12/2014 Go to Evidence

Around 23% of the agricultural area of Latin America and the Caribbean is used by family farming.

FAO

FAO (2014)

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)

Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products

Area: Family Farming

Poverty in Family Farming

28/05/2014 Go to Evidence

More than two-thirds of the total family farming operations are poor in Paraguay (UNDP, 2021).

Más de 2/3 del total de explotaciones de la Agricultura familiar son pobres en Paraguay (UNDP, 2021)

UNDP, 2021. Documento de proyecto. Proyecto 00091447. Apoyo a la producción de alimentos por la agricultura familiar

Country: Paraguay

Sector: Agri-Food (total)

Area: Family Farming

Beneficiary: Family agriculture

Result: Impact: Poverty reduction

Dominican Republic: Agricultural units

05/05/2014 Go to Evidence

81% of farms in the Dominican Republic are family farms (281,526 units), close to the LAC average of 81.3%.

FAO (2014)

FAO (2014). Agricultura Familiar en América Latina y el Caribe: Recomendaciones de Política.

Country: Dominican Republic

Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products

Area: Family Farming

Family agriculture in Central America

02/05/2014 Go to Evidence

86% of cattle farms in Central America are small, with less than 18 hectares and a density of 1.5 animals per hectare.

FAO (2014)

FAO (2014). Agricultura Familiar en América Latina y el Caribe: Recomendaciones de Política.

Country: Latin America and the Caribbean (countries)

Sector: Life Animals

Area: Family Farming

Production of beans and maize in Honduras.

02/05/2014 Go to Evidence

300,000 pequeños productores en Honduras abastecen el mercado interno de frijol y maíz, con una mínima parte destinada a la exportación regional.

FAO (2014)

FAO (2014). Agricultura Familiar en América Latina y el Caribe: Recomendaciones de Política.

Country: Honduras

Sector: Agri-Food (total)

Area: Family Farming International Trade and Regional Integration

Rural cooperative banks and commercialization

02/05/2014 Go to Evidence

83% of wheat and 68% of fresh milk in Brazil are marketed by cooperatives.

FAO (2014)

FAO (2014). Agricultura Familiar en América Latina y el Caribe: Recomendaciones de Política.

Tag: Food_Securtiy_And_Nutrition

Country: Brazil

Sector: Agri-Food (total) Cereals and cereal products

Area: Family Farming

Antigua and Barbuda: Agricultural units

02/05/2014 Go to Evidence

91.2% of the farms in Antigua and Barbuda are family farms, with 1,118 units and 0.44 ha on average.

FAO (2014)

FAO (2014). Agricultura Familiar en América Latina y el Caribe: Recomendaciones de Política.

Country: America, Caribbean (Countries) Antigua and Barbuda

Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products

Area: Family Farming

Belize: Agricultural units

02/05/2014 Go to Evidence

74% of farms in Belize are family farms (10,272 units), compared to 81.3% in LAC.

FAO (2014)

FAO (2014). Agricultura Familiar en América Latina y el Caribe: Recomendaciones de Política.

Country: Belize Central America

Sector: Agriculture, forestry, and fishery products

Area: Family Farming

Monitoring, Evaluation and Best Practices

Evidences

Seeds of Sustenance

Agriculture holdings

Family farming area

Poverty in Family Farming

Dominican Republic: Agricultural units

Family agriculture in Central America

Production of beans and maize in Honduras.

Rural cooperative banks and commercialization

Antigua and Barbuda: Agricultural units

Belize: Agricultural units