Family farming is a way of life - This issue of LEISA China coincides with the UN proclamation that 2014 is the Year of Family Farming. Articles in this issue help readers to understand and to celebrate family farming for the many roles family farmers play in our society. Next to food production and income generation, family farmers accumulate knowledge, apply and preserve culture and maintain landscapes and biodiversity. Family farmers are also actively fighting to strengthen their positions within societies that are increasingly pushing and pulling agriculture towards a modernised model of agribusiness.
Articles in this issue offer stories from family farmers across the globe as well as a number of stories from China.
