Comment soutenir les agricultures familiales VF dec2010

Quelles politiques publiques pour les agricultures familiales du Sud ? EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Support Family Farming as Part of the Re-newed Support for Agricultural Development Family Farming’s Advantages in Meeting Developing Countries’ Food Security and Development Challenges 2Previous work by Coordination SUD’s Agriculture and Food Commission has highlighted the advantages of family farming in meeting the challenges facing developing countries. These challenges are: > responding to tense food situations and sustained population growth; > fighting poverty and inequalities; > occupying a large labor force, notably in rural areas; and > preserving natural resources. The existing structural link between economic activities and the family structure explains small farmers’ ability to employ a large labor force to exploit the other available production factors (land and capital) in an optimal manner. Family farming’s local anchorage is crucial to the economic animation of rural areas; it results in a strong concern for preserving soil fertility and natural resources and in better management of agrobiodiversity. These various aspects show that, in the framework of agricultural development assistance, supporting family farming cannot be ignored. The resiliency of family farming is, among oth-er things, a major advantage over capitalist agriculture (or agribusiness). Agribusiness is very sensitive to price variations and may abandon food production, even ...