Family farmers run more than 90% of the world's farms. They produce about 80% of the world's food and occupy 70-80% of agricultural land. These numbers prove that Family Farming is the form of agriculture in the world. However, food insecurity is more prevalent in these families. According to...

We examine the origins, persistence, and economic consequences of institutional structures of agricultural production. We compare farms in the Argentine Pampas and US Midwest, regions of similar potential input and output mixes. The focus is on 1910-1914, during the international grain trade...