Sustainable Smallholders

Education innitiative to empower smallholders with skills and knowledge to improve the viability of their holdings.

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Let these words inspire you.

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Start the trend!

Support local businesses that benefit the community where you live, work, and play.

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of an agricultural system that is fit for the future: viable, resilient, and sustainable in every sense.

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𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗲𝘀.

They are already being defended and reinvented thanks to the farmer and civil society innovations.

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However, they require greater and stronger public backing, particularly in the face of constraints such as land access.

If we recognise the benefits provided by small farms and provide them with the support they deserve, small farms have the potential to be a decisive element

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𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝘅𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮.

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Their main objective is to promote local development and provide services to change the depopulation of their rural areas by offering training to our farmers, including organic farmers, to become more viable and help them to produce and promote their very special products.

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weak technical capacity, high vulnerability to risks and lack of capital.
As a result, smallholder farming is about a third less productive than large-scale farming (UN Food and Agriculture Organization)

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WHY SMALLHOLDERS MATTER

Smallholders hold the key to Europe’s agricultural & food heritage.

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Hard-working micro-businesses with a legacy product they believe in, smallholders act like a seed bank, preserving our heritage breeds & rare arable crops despite crippling challenges and disadvantages due to the small size of their operations,

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The agriculture in these areas has become specialized in horticultural crops: pepper, tomato, cucumber, green bean, zucchini, eggplant, watermelon and melon.
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SPOTLIGHT ON SPAIN

In Spain, the family farming model is clearly predominant, representing 70% of the agricultural sector. A relevant example of this model is the southeast of the country, particularly in the coastal areas of the provinces of Granada and Almería.

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SPOTLIGHT ON OUR PARTNERS

Our Irish friends, Leitrim Organic Farmers Coop, was established in 1998 to develop markets for its members produce and provide education and training. The Coop provides services to both smallholders and organic farmers in Leitrim and the wider region.

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Smallholder farms are characterised by family-focused motives and it is the families who are responsible for everything from production to farm maintenance.

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𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

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Small farms are a crucial element of the European agricultural system. They produce most of the healthy and diverse food that we eat every day, they provide local jobs and sustain rural activities, and they secure the resilience of our food system.

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Nevertheless, across Europe small farms are disappearing. They struggle to compete with large multinational agro-businesses, they are under pressure from land grabbing, and they face serious challenges to secure public support, as they are often considered unviable and outdated.