This article discusses the difficulties dairy farmers face when they decide to install a new type of production on their units. We intend to discuss the nature of the new competencies the farmers will construct in order ...

This essay gives an analysis of the profile of the family agricultural industries which are working nowadays in the region of Sustainable Development of Fourth Colony Partnership (CONDESUS). The CONDESUS is formed for nine ...

La finca La Amistad es un proyecto de producción orgánica ubicado en Sarapiquí de Heredia, Costa Rica. Acompáñanos a conocer las prácticas agrícolas que les han permitido a la familia Porras producir ecológicamente y ser ...

Family farming is essentially characterized by the use of family labor force, due to the lack of land, water, and capital resources. An important tool is which allows them to know which products will be the best priced ...

This document is structured around the following topics: the first point addresses the interconnection between rurality, rural areas and family farming; the second item aims to develop a conceptualization of family farming, ...

The principal theme of this study is the family farmers experiences in the transition of conventional agriculture for ecological agriculture. This research is executes in the town of Agudo located in Rio Grande do Sul ...