First map of smallholder farms in the developing world: They produce more than half the planet’s food calories | ILRI Clippings
▻https://clippings.ilri.org/2016/12/13/first-map-of-smallholder-farms-in-the-developing-world-they-produce-
‘Researchers at the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment (IonE), United States, have used household census data to map smallholder farms in developing countries.
‘Despite the fact that smallholder and family farms are crucial to feeding the planet, little is known regarding the location and size of smallholder farms. This study attempts to fill this knowledge gap.
‘The study was published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.
Read the whole article at the University of Minnesota Institute on the Environment: Researchers produce first-ever map of farming households across world, 29 Nov 2016.
