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Sustaining small-scale fishers and fish farming families in South Asia..........139
Yugraj Singh Yadava, Director, Rajdeep Mukherjee, Policy Analyst, Md. Sharif
Uddin, Fisheries Resource Officer, Bay of Bengal Programme
Inter-Governmental Organisation
Empowering smallholder farmers in Senegal.........................................143
Sharon Kabalo, Director, Policy Planning and External Relations Dept,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel
Families on the farm: a portrait of generations and migrant workers
in Canada.............................................................................................146
Nathan Battams and Nora Spinks, The Vanier Institute of the Family
Transforming rags to riches: ending the age of poverty..........................149
Dr Mohamad Roff Mohd Noor, Dato’ Dr Sharif Haron and Rohani Md Yon,
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
Supporting family farms for food security and sustainable development.........153
Daniel Constantin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture
and Rural Development, Romania
Engaging and promoting family tea farmers through cooperatives in Nepal...157
Rabin Rai, General Secretary, Central Tea Cooperative Federation, Nepal
The essential role of family farming and agricultural cooperatives in Japan ....159
Akira Banzai, President, Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-ZENCHU)
Tropical fruits as a source of nutrition and income for farm families............162
Yacob Ahmad, International Tropical Fruits Network
Family farming in New Zealand.............................................................165
Mark G. Ross, General Manager, Policy and Advocacy,
Federated Farmers of New Zealand
Creating an oasis in rice: the women farmers of Nagwa Village,
Uttar Pradesh........................................................................................168
Lanie Reyes, International Rice Research Institute
In search of the oldest family farm in the Netherlands...........................171
Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs in association with Dr Ilse A. Matser,
Professor of Family Business Management, Windesheim University of Applied
Sciences and Anne-Marie Rops, Editor at Dutch Federation of Agriculture
and Horticulture
International Year of Family Farming national committees:
fruitful assets to boost family farming....................................................174
Joseba Imaz, Communications Coordinator, World Rural Forum
The International Land Coalition: upholding the land rights
of family farmers...................................................................................176
Michael Taylor and Jan Cherlet, International Land Coalition Secretariat
The International Year of Family Farming and the importance
of family farms......................................................................................181
Pekka Pesonen, Secretary General, Copa-Cogeca
Investing in family farmers for the future we want.................................184
Ra
ş
it Pertev, Secretary of IFAD
Family fishing to sustain the well-being of fisher communities..............187
Margaret Nakato, Rehema Namaganda, Kelly Pickerill and
Editrudith Lukanga, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers
The environmental, social and economic sustainability
of family farms in the dry areas..........................................................191
Dr Mahmoud Solh, Director General, International Center for Agricultural
Research in the Dry Areas
Family farming in the European Union.................................................195
Jerzy Plewa, Director-General, Agriculture and Rural Development,
European Commission
Realizing the potential of family farms with farmers’ organizations..............199
Martin Dahinden, Director General; and Markus Buerli, Global Programme
Food Security, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
From Arms to Farms: battlefields become farming communities in
Southern Philippines.............................................................................202
Renelle Joy A. Tabinas, Project Development Officer, Agricultural Training
Institute – the Apex Agency in Extension in the Philippines
Empowering Uruguay’s family farmers..................................................206
José Olascuaga, General Director, General Directorate for Rural Development,
Ministry of Farming, Agriculture and Fisheries, Uruguay
Moving from destitution to self-sufficiency: family farming resilience
and food security in Kenya....................................................................207
Dr Johnson Irungu, Director of Crops Management and Tom Dienya, Head of
Food Security and Early Warning Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries; and Esther Musyoka, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, National
Agricultural Accelerated Input Access Programme National Secretariat
Versatility as strength in Finnish family farming....................................210
Petteri Orpo, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland; with Nilla Möller,
Annukka Lyra and Kati Leppälahti
Croatia: promoting and supporting family farmers ...............................214
Tihomir Jakovina, Minister of Agriculture, Croatia
Supporting young Australian farmers to support and feed the region............218
Georgie Aley, Chair, Future Farmers Network
Public policies for family farming in Brazil: towards a sustainable
development model..............................................................................222
Laudemir André Müller, Minister of Agrarian Development, Brazil
A holistic approach in support of family farming in South Africa...........227
Aggrey Mlulami Mahanjana, Secretary-General,
African Farmers’ Association of South Africa
Family farms in the Republic of Serbia..................................................230
Snezana Bogosavljevi
ć
Boškovi
ć
, Minister, Aleksandar Bogunovi
ć
& Ljuba
Ivanovi
ć
, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Serbia
Overcoming the shameful paradox in Madagascar’s vanilla sector.........233
Anselm Iwundu, Executive Director, Fairfood International
Strong family farms are the key for developing agriculture and rural areas...236
Dr Sándor Fazekas, Minister of Agriculture of Hungary
Influencing family farming policy in Eastern and Southern Africa..........240
Baliraine Hakim, Executive General Secretary, Eastern and Southern Africa
Small Scale Farmer Forum
Slovenia: where family farming underpins nature
and strengthens local economies...........................................................244
Tanja Gorisek, Ministry of Agriculture and Environment, Slovenia
Thailand initiatives for strengthening family farming towards food security,
farmer well-being and sustainable development....................................248
Agricultural Extension Research and Development Division and Planning
Division, Department of Agricultural Extension Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives: Kingdom of Thailand
Notes and References............................................................................251
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