At the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), we believe that farming, regardless of size or scale, must be seen as a business, and smallholder farmers as small-scale business owners rather than poor people who need handouts. There is growing recognition that these smallholder farmers and their rural communities are a major part of the solution to food insecurity and poverty – but only if they have what they need to do their jobs.
作为世界农业发展基金的一员，我们相信农业无论规模大小，都应被当作一门生意来看待，这些小农场生产者就是一批小老板，而不是等待救济的穷人。而人们也越来越意识到：这些小农场生产者以及她们所在的农村社区将是解决是粮食安全以及贫困问题的重要组成部分——但这必须得在她们得到了必要的协助之后。