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

•We estimate the number, size, and distribution of farms, and farmland worldwide.•Most of the world’s more than 570 million farms are small and family-run.•Small farms (less than 2ha) operate about 12% of the world’s agricultural land.•Family farms operate about 75% of the world’s agricultural land....

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Published in:	World development Vol. 87; pp. 16 - 29
Main Authors:	Lowder, Sarah K., Skoet, Jakob, Raney, Terri
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2016 Pergamon Press Inc
Subjects:	Agricultural development Agricultural land Agriculture Appendix Averages Census Censuses Development strategies Dissemination Distribution Documentation Estimates Families & family life family farm Family farms Family owned businesses Farm size farmland distribution Farms Income International comparisons Land Land use Low income groups Size of enterprise Small business small farm Small farms smallholder Studies Webs farmland distribution smallholder family farm small farm farm size
ISSN:	0305-750X, 1873-5991
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