Acknowledgements\nForeword; Ibrahim Assane Mayaki\nGeneral introduction; Jean-Michel Sourisseau\nPart 1\nDefining and understanding family farming systems; Coordination: Pierre-Marie Bosc, Laurent Parrot, Christian Corniaux\n1. Family farming: at the heart of the history of world agriculture ; Bruno Losch\n2. Defining, characterizing and measuring family farming models; Pierre-Marie Bosc, Jacques Marzin, Jean-François Bélières, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Philippe Bonnal, Bruno Losch, Philippe Pédelahore, Laurent Parrot\n3. Families, work and the farm; Véronique Ancey, Sandrine Fréguin-Gresh\n4. Family farming and other forms of agriculture; Jacques Marzin, Benoît Daviron, Sylvain Rafflegeau\nPart 2\nHelping to feed the world and territories to live; Coordination: François Affholder, Laurène Feintrenie, Bruno Losch\n5. Contributing to ecological and social systems; Laurène Feintrenie, François Affholder\n6. Contributing to territorial dynamics ; Stéphanie Barral, Marc Piraux, Jean-Michel Sourisseau, Élodie Valette\n7. Contributing to production and international markets; Sylvain Rafflegeau, Bruno Losch, Benoît Daviron, Philippe Bastide, Pierre Charmetant, Thierry Lescot, Alexia Prades, Jérôme Sainte-Beuve\n8. Contributing to innovation, policies and local democracy; Pierre-Marie Bosc, Marc Piraux, Michel Dulcire\nPart 3\nMeeting the challenges of the future; Coordination: Philippe Bonnal, Ludovic Temple\n9. Challenges of poverty, employment and food security; Philippe Bonnal, Bruno Losch, Jacques Marzin, Laurent Parrot\n10. Energy challenges: threats or opportunities?; Marie-Hélène Dabat, Denis Gautier, Laurent Gazull, François Pinta\n11. Sanitary challenges increasingly relevant on a global scale; Sophie Molia, Pascal Bonnet, Alain Ratnadass\n12. Challenges of managing and using natural resources; Danièle Clavel, Laurène Feintrenie, Emmanuel Torquebiau, Didier Bazile\nPart 4\nResearch and the challenge of family farming; Coordination: Danièle Clavel, Michel Dulcire, Sophie Molia\n13. Co-constructing innovation: action-research in partnership; Éric Vall, Eduardo Chia\n14. Innovations in management advice to family farms; Guy Faure, Michel Havard, Aurélie Toillier, Patrice Djamen Nana, Ismail Moumouni\n15. Support for the prevention of sanitary risks; Sophie Molia, Pascal Bonnet, Alain Ratnadass\n16. Agricultural biodiversity and rural systems of seed production; Danièle Clavel, Didier Bazile, Benoît Bertrand, Olivier Sounigo, Kirsten Vom Brocke, Gilles Trouche\n17. Lessons learnt and perspectives for ecological intensification ; François Affholder, Laurent Parrot, Patrick Jagoret\nConclusion\nReferences\nList of authors