Easy Fertility for Your Smallholding Watch the full 📽️ https://f.mtr.cool/xjannlnyxg | Farming for Nature

Typical day… #countryside #rural #farming #smallholding #homestead #countrylife #countrygal #countrygirl | Jen Lewis

Fact or fiction? 👀 There are many assumptions about smallholder farmers: the tools they use, the crops they grow, and how they practice sustainable farming. Our CIO and Digital Officer Feroz Sheikh sat down with Avinash Ghodekar, a smallholder farmer in India, to bust these myths and talk about the realities of modern farming. What are the most interesting facts or unexpected myths you’ve heard about farming? 👀 #Farmers #India #Agriculture | Syngenta

Some facts about smallholder farming. 👇🏿🧑🏿‍🌾 🗺️ The FAO estimates that 70% of the world's 570 million farms are less than one hectare - making them smallholder farms! (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)) 📍 Smallholder farmers produce primarily for local consumption, but their commodities, such as macadamia, and avocado, can find their way into the export market. 🌧️ Smallholder farming is often rain-fed - meaning the only water source is the sky! | One Acre Fund