smallscalefarming

• The promotion of sustainable development that encourages the development of small-scale farming.
• The evolution of the perceptions and practices of the European professionals of the rural areas in favour of small-scale farming.
• The evolution of the agricultural policies in favour of small-scale farming.

Specific objective

• Agricultural professionals and representatives, local representatives of the rural areas, and students in agricultural schools are sensitised and mobilised in Europe in favour of small-scale farming.

• VSF-CICDA (AVSF) – France, in consortium with:
• Vétérinaires sans frontières - Belgium
• VETAID – UK
• SIVtro - Italy

• 800 responsibles and professionals from the rural sector(livestock farmers, farmers, veterinarians, farmers’ organizations and agri-food companies) and local authorities form the rural sector of the 4 EU countries.
• 780 students from European agriculture and veterinarians schools

• The development of small-scale farming in developing countries

Related issues

• poverty and peasantry in the South; food sovereignty in the southern countries; Internationalisation of the exchanges and its impact on the peasant’s economies in the south but also in the northern countries.

• The members of the VSF-Europa network and their partners of the South have appropriate educational tools on small-scale farming, food sovereignty and the internationalisation of food commodities.
• Professionals and local authorities from rural areas in Europe are better informed about rural development at global level, and engage in sensitisation initiatives and cooperation actions in favour of small-scale farmers.
• Students from European agricultural and veterinary schools are sensitised and trained on the situation of small-scale farmers in the world and on the impacts of the internationalisation of the exchanges.

Production of pedagogic tools

• The members of VSF-Europa conduct an inventory of existing tools
• Identification and consultation with partners of the South already leading advocacy actions, the aim of participating in the coproduction of pedagogic tools.
• Coproduction of pedagogic tools on the problematic of rural development, with the partners of the South.

Sensitisation of professionals from the rural sector and local authorities:

• Organisation of conferences for the professionals of the rural areas and the local representatives on the thematic of the action.
• Identification of professionals of the rural areas and of local representatives, wishing to participate in exchanges meetings.
• Organisation of exchange meetings to share experiences between professionals of the rural areas, local representatives of Europe and local representatives of developing countries.
• Capitalisation and diffusion of the experiences by the production of guides and press articles

Elaboration and animation of a sensitisation program for students

• Preparation of the sensitisation courses with the pedagogical teams of the schools concerned.
• Animation and assessment of the courses toward the target public.
• Prospection towards new possible partners from the CEEC