Transitions to diversified farming systems in Africa will require financial support. But barriers can be overcome.
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The South African government has failed to reverse the decline in smallholder farming that began during apartheid. A different approach is needed to support smallholder livelihoods.
Smallholder farmers are bearing the brunt of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa. Deliberate steps are required to support them and boost agricultural output,
Financing is available to farmers. What’s in contention is whether what’s available helps farmers enter the industry, expand and grow.
Average farm machinery use in Africa is among the lowest in the world.
The ravages of climate change and hunger do not occur in isolation, but are part of the system we have built.
South Africa’s land reform programme is designed for a socio-economic context that doesn’t exist.
Small-scale farmers find it difficult to commercialise and add value to the food chain.
Improving the diets of livestock in Africa provides a rapid pathway to increasing nutrition for people.
Ensuring the participation of ordinary citizens and producers in the industry is the big challenge facing African states.
Stricter measures had major impacts on farmers’ livelihoods and food security.
The industry is in the hands of smallholder farmers who struggle to raise capital and practise good farming.
Hardline positions could narrow the options available to farmers and conservation practitioners in a way that can be harmful to both.
A new study faults a well-established concept that informs land-use policies in developing countries.
Smallholder rice farmers in Ghana should be supported by the government to access finance needed to adopt modern technologies for greater productivity.
For decades Somalia has been in a near-constant state of food insecurity. This is due to a combination of stagnant crop production, a rapidly increasing population and political unrest.
By looking at the evolving history of the open government data movement, scientists can see both limitations to current approaches and identify ways to move forward from them.
Attempts to formalise charcoal production have been largely unsuccessful.
The new initiative reproduces the core weaknesses of post-apartheid state land and agricultural policy. These have done little to improve the livelihoods of the poor.
We highlight the distressing rise in the prices of essential food products. We call for the urgent expansion of price controls, as well as an inquiry into the price-setting of major retailers.
Top contributors
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Senior Economist, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
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Academic and agricultural scientist, University of Adelaide
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PHD Student, Geography, Environment and Geomatics/Arrell Food Institute, University of Guelph
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Honorary Lecturer, Bangor University
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Director of the Arrell Food Institute and Professor in the Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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MSU Foundation Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
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Agricultural Innovation Scientist, University of Adelaide
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PhD Candidate, Geography, Environment & Geomatics, University of Guelph
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CGIAR System Organization
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CSIRO
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Senior Researcher, University of Bonn
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Emeritus Professor, Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Co-Founder of The Data Tank and Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab), New York University
