@article {Rosset:June 2000:1011-6370:77, author = "Rosset P.", title = "The Multiple Functions and Benefits of Small Farm Agriculture in the Context of Global Trade Negotiations", journal = "Development", volume = "43", year = "June 2000", abstract = "Peter Rosset challenges the conventional wisdom that small farms are backward and unproductive. Using evidence from southern and northern countries he demonstrates that small farms are ‘multi-functional’ – more productive, more efficient, and able to contribute more to economic development than large farms. He analyses the threats posed to small farmers by today's trade liberalization and concludes with a call to unite against an Agreement on Agriculture that might make their continued existence impossible.Development (2000) 43, 77–82. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1110149", pages = "77-82(6)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/pal/dev/2000/00000043/00000002/art00013" doi = "doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1110149" }