@article{5c41b72a64f5450e896cd2d842c9e713,
title = "Peasant Farming, A Buffer for Human Societies",
abstract = "This article explores the importance of peasant farming worldwide, the debate about its disappearance and the way it is being impacted by differentiated policies. It takes two examples, Tunisia and Egypt, during post-colonial times. In both cases policies tended to favour the modernization of agriculture, ignoring the contribution of peasant farming to the national economies. But interestingly the data show a surprisingly significant importance and increase in the number of small farms in both countries. While theoretical debates continue about the disappearance of peasantries, reality demonstrates that peasant farming is a formidable and resilient buffer for human societies, which helps stabilize, balance and enrich them.",
keywords = "Peasants, Policies, Tunisia, Egypt, Rural development, Agriculture",
author = "Angela Hilmi and Sara Burbi",
note = "This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Development. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Hilmi, A. and Burbi, S. (2015) Peasant Farming, A Buffer for Human Societies. Development (58) 2-3, 346–353. DOI: 10.1057%2Fs41301-016-0035-z is available online at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057%2Fs41301-016-0035-z",
year = "2015",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1057/s41301-016-0035-z",
language = "English",
volume = "58",
pages = "346--353",
journal = "Development",
issn = "1461-7072",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.",
number = "2-3",
}