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Smallholder Farming Systems

Smallholder Farming Systems is a type of agricultural production system characterized by the management of small-scale landholdings through labor-intensive, often subsistence-oriented practices that emphasize household food security, limited market integration, and the strategic use of diverse crops and livestock under conditions of constrained access to capital, technology, and institutional support.

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The Number, Size, and Distribution of Farms, Smallholder Farms, and Family Farms Worldwide

Sarah K. Lowder, Jakob Skoet, Terri Raney · World Development · 2016 · 2K citations · Full text

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Conservation agriculture and smallholder farming in Africa: The heretics’ view

K.E. Giller, Ernst Witter, Marc Corbeels et al. · Field Crops Research · 2009 · 1.5K citations

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Pursuing sustainable productivity with millions of smallholder farmers

Zhenling Cui, Hongyan Zhang, Xinping Chen et al. · Nature · 2018 · 1.3K citations

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Rising global interest in farmland: can it yield sustainable and equitable benefits?

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Smallholder market participation: Concepts and evidence from eastern and southern Africa

Christopher B. Barrett · Food Policy · 2008 · 1.2K citations

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  1. KG
    K.E. Giller

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    38 publications · 5.8K citations

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  2. PT
    Pablo Tittonell

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    21 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. MQ
    Matin Qaim

    University of Göttingen, Germany

    19 publications · 4K citations

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  4. MT
    Mark T. van Wijk

    International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya

    19 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. BV
    Bernard Vanlauwe

    International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kenya

    14 publications · 2.2K citations

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  1. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    50 h-index

    301 publications

    29.3K citations

  2. International Livestock Research Institute

    Nairobi, Kenya

    35 h-index

    144 publications

    19.9K citations

  3. World Agroforestry Centre

    Nairobi, Kenya

    30 h-index

    84 publications

    7.4K citations

  4. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    28 h-index

    95 publications

    7.6K citations

  5. University of KwaZulu-Natal

    Durban, South Africa

    28 h-index

    102 publications

    4.4K citations

  6. University of Göttingen

    Göttingen, Germany

    28 h-index

    63 publications

    10.6K citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    27 h-index

    74 publications

    10.3K citations

  8. International Center for Tropical Agriculture

    Nairobi, Kenya

    26 h-index

    46 publications

    5.1K citations

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  1. World Development

    63 publications · 13.6K citations

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  2. Agricultural Systems

    94 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. Food Policy

    43 publications · 6.7K citations

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  4. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

    Repository · 85 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. Sustainability

    54 publications · 2.4K citations

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