The main aim of this paper is to discuss how the small farmers as so as the nested markets can have an important role for stimulating a place based rural development. The paper focuses on the study of MESULA Project in Tanzania. Such project represents a process of rural development that relies traditional farming techniques. It promotes a sustainable transition of local farming systems associating with the development of nested markets. It also shows that the small farmers can play a pivotal role in stimulating place-based rural development. Albeit chiefly geared toward self-consumption, small farmers remain the principal suppliers of local and regional food markets in SSA, playing a pivotal role for the food security. In this sense, nested markets can be a relevant strategy for rural development being able to create opportunities for small farmers. In the same time small farmers could be the main actors of nested markets in SSA rural areas
Obiettivo principale di questo articolo è discutere se e come i piccoli agricoltori e i ’nested’ markets hanno un ruolo importante nello stimolare uno sviluppo rurale place based. L’articolo analizza il Progetto MESULA in Tanzania. Un progetto che si basa su processi di sviluppo rurale che si rifanno a tecniche agricole tradizionali e promuove una transizione sostenibile del sistema agricolo locale attraverso lo sviluppo dei “nested markets”. Anche se principalmente destinata all’autoconsumo, la produzione dei piccoli agricoltori è destinata principalmente ai mercati locali e regionali, pertanto i piccoli agricoltori hanno un ruolo strategico per la sicurezza alimentare di quelle aree. In quest’ottica i “nested markets” possono avere un ruolo di primo piano nello sviluppo locale in quanto possono essere un'opportunità per i piccoli agricoltori. Contemporaneamente i piccoli agricoltori possono essere gli attori principali dei “nested markets’”nelle aree rurali dell’Africa sub-sahariana
Borrelli, N., Ndakidemi, P., Razzano, C. (2018). Which kind of relationships among nested markets and small farmers. Reflections from a Sub-Saharan African Experience. CULTURE DELLA SOSTENIBILITÀ.
Which kind of relationships among nested markets and small farmers. Reflections from a Sub-Saharan African Experience
Borrelli, NPrimo
;Razzano C.Ultimo
2018
Abstract
The main aim of this paper is to discuss how the small farmers as so as the nested markets can have an important role for stimulating a place based rural development. The paper focuses on the study of MESULA Project in Tanzania. Such project represents a process of rural development that relies traditional farming techniques. It promotes a sustainable transition of local farming systems associating with the development of nested markets. It also shows that the small farmers can play a pivotal role in stimulating place-based rural development. Albeit chiefly geared toward self-consumption, small farmers remain the principal suppliers of local and regional food markets in SSA, playing a pivotal role for the food security. In this sense, nested markets can be a relevant strategy for rural development being able to create opportunities for small farmers. In the same time small farmers could be the main actors of nested markets in SSA rural areas
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