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Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:56:59 +0000
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My name is Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda. I am an agricultural economist in the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at the Technical University of Valencia (Spain). I am also involved in the SALSA project, and thank all the participants in this e-conference for their valuable contributions.



I have been following closely the exchange of messages. I would like to make a point that have somehow arisen in the previous contributions.



I agree we need a definition of small farmers able to: 

(i) include pastoralists and landless farmers (#9 Mahesh Chander; #12 Loupa Pius; #44 Richard W.N. Yeboah) and (ii) able to adapt to the different situations regarding productive assets and natural resources base (#23 Daniel Nkomboni; #32 Arbab Ghulam Qadir; #34 Mahesh Chander). 



Therefore, rather than using a definition based on the land base of the holding, I suggest that a measurement of the economic dimension of the agricultural activity would allow us to consider these elements. This is much in line with the proposal from Bazyli Czyżewski (#33) to use the Standard Output to define small farms. Although, as pointed out by Arbab Ghulam Qadir (#39), the criteria to measure the economic dimension used for this definition would have to be adapted to the reality in each region. I know that the different countries’ available statistical information and the thresholds to be used would require a flexible approach but, do you think this could be feasible in the countries in which you are based?



Dionisio Ortiz-Miranda

Dpt. Economics and Social Sciences

Universitat Politècnica de València

Spain

http://www.upv.es/pls/oalu/sic_person.Info?p_alias=dortiz&P_IDIOMA=i  

http://www.transmango.eu 

http://www.salsa.uevora.pt/en/ 

http://vital.environmentalgeography.nl/project/ 

E-mail: dortiz (at) esp.upv.es



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