Urbanization and farm size changes in Africa and Asia: Implications for livestock research A Foresight Study of the Independent Science and Partnership Council

Comparative Study of Trends in Urbanization and Changes in Farm Size in Africa and Asia: Implications for Agricultural Research A Foresight Study of the Independent Science and Partnership Council

Foresight Studies analyze emerging issues and trends with the objective of quantifying the research challenge and the potential impact for agricultural research.

Urbanization and changes in farm size in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia from a geographical perspective, a review of the literature A Foresight Study of the Independent Science and Partnership Council

Foresight Studies analyze emerging issues and trends with the objective of quantifying the research challenge and the potential impact for agricultural research. The past century has entailed a relatively speaking rapid redistribution as well as growth of urban populations, with the urban population surpassing the rural one for the first time in 2008. Processes of urban growth and their implica...

Urbanization and farm size in Asia and Africa: Implications for food security and agricultural research

Urbanization and economic development have made global agriculture increasingly differentiated. Many hinterland farms remain largely self-sufficient, while farms closer to markets become increasingly specialized and linked to agribusinesses. Both semi-subsistence and commercialized farms remain family operations, with the few successful investor-owned farms found mainly for livestock and crops ...

ISPC Commentary on the Synthesis Report for the CGIAR Foresight Study on Trends in Urbanization and Farm Size in Developing Countries: Implications for Agricultural Research

Study the Role of Natural Capitals on Villagers' Dependence on Rangeland )Case study: HableRud Basin in Iran)

FAO and World Bank promote livestock rearing as a way of poverty alleviation and food security especially among rural poor. Villagers are usually involved in mixed crop-livestock farming. Interviews with villagers in the HableRud basin revealed that some changes have happened and comparing with past decades, fewer villagers keep livestock. They believed that number of villagers who kept livesto...