Poverty is not just about a lack of money. Poverty is also about people’s capability to deal with situations of shock or stress – whether social, economic, political or physical.
Current farming practices through overuse and abuse of natural resources have reduced the ecosystem’s capacity to generate sustainable yields. In addition to this declining yields and degraded resources, small farmers face additional challenges of rising prices and climate change making them more vulnerable and less capable to escape poverty.
In this issue, we have included a few initiatives which show that small farmers, given an opportunity and support, can not only improve their livelihoods and break the cycle of poverty but can also become critical agents of transformation in the society.
