THE ROLE OF FAMILY FARMS TO ENSURE FOOD SECURITY

This paper aims to bring more knowledge regarding the concept of food security and to identify the role of family farms in this process. In this sense, will be made documentary studies based on the national and international specialized literature and will be processed data provided by competent international organizations (FAO, EUROSTAT etc.). Food security requires, first, obtaining food products, sufficient like volume, structure and quality, to meet the needs for food of the population throughout the year. United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture was estimated that food production will be increased in 2050 by 60%. Under present conditions, much of this growth should come from the family farms in developing countries.