family farming; quantification; RENAF (registration of family farming); Argentina.

Abstract

As part of an ongoing research project, this paper discusses public policies that link family farming (FF) and food security and sovereignty (FSS) which have been promoted in Argentina since 2010.The objective of this research is to contribute to knowledge about developmental and territorial issues, based on the study of experiences located in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Misiones.The article contextualizes and analyzes the emergence of FF and FSS policies, as well as the differences in the ways in which they were managed and implemented in the cases selected. All of this raises the following questions: what role is assigned to FF in rural development policy? What conception of "food sovereignty" lies behind these policies?

Keywords

• public policies, family farming, food security, food sovereignty, Argentina.