This study claims the role of small-scale farmers in national food consumption has been underestimated, particularly in high-income nations, where small farms account for about a third of consumption. By contrast, in regions where small-scale agriculture is widely practised (eg, West Asia, North Africa and East Africa), agricultural imports originate from countries dominated by large-scale farming.

This review highlights gaps between high-income countries' smallholder needs, existing policies and international policy advice with implications for policy, namely, that policymakers should collaborate with smallholders to develop simple, targeted policies and focus on strengthening rural communities.

This report by IPES-Food looks at the importance of supply chains and markets which are based on small-scale producers, processors and vendors rooted in territories and communities as components of building a resilient food system which delivers food security. It highlights the damage of the dominant corporate controlled global food supply chain and offers recommendations to support more localised territorial markets. 

This article explores alternative food networks in the EU and focuses on an emerging development of organisations shifting focus from the agri-food conditions in the Global South towards the Global North. The authors use several case studies to explore if these AFNs present a unique organisational model or if they lack significant differentiation from their Global South predecessors. 

Devex, an independent news organisation covering global development, has reported on recent activity of the UN International Fund. The council meeting had a strong focus on investment in new technologies and the need to support the business innovation by smallholder farmers in rural communities and in lower-income countries.

Several recent news articles have detailed the resurgence of farmer protests in India - farmers are demanding guaranteed crop prices from the government. Al Jazeera has covered the demands of the protest movement previously. It has also covered the recent failed negotiations the movement has had with the Indian government. The protesters are now marching towards New Delhi to secure crop price guarantees to protect livelihoods but face blockades and tear gas from authorities

Given the huge impact that the food system has on climate change, the food industry is coming under increasing pressure from investors, politicians, environmental groups and consumers to clean up their operations and set out strong net zero targets. However this is exerting downward pressure on farmers who are being forced to comply with large industry players' demands or risk losing their contracts.

John Klar argues that US conservatives should champion a vision of small farms, regenerative agriculture and personal liberty, in a polarised debate characterised by climate alarmism, promotion of 'spurious' energy sources and technocratic control on the left, and climate denialism and unbridled deregulation of environmentally harmful practices on the right.

This paper studies how a top-down (i.e. state-led) food sovereignty policy in Bolivia was negatively impacted by the “corporate food regime”. Food sovereignty was included as a central element of Bolivia’s new constitution in 2009, and regulations were introduced to prioritise food from small-scale farmers in school feeding programmes.