On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies (English)

Improving the productivity of smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa offers the best chance to reduce poverty among this generation of rural poor, by building on the limited resources farming households already possess. It is also the best and shortest path to meet rising food needs. Using examples from farmers' maize and rice fields, and comparisons with Asia, this paper examines why the set of technologies promoted to date have produced localized...

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Larson,Donald F.;

Muraoka,Rie;

Otsuka,Keijiro;
Document Date
2016/06/20
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7710
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2016/06/20
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies
Keywords
international dimension

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Larson,Donald F.; Muraoka,Rie; Otsuka,Keijiro.

On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7710 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/595651468195548184

On the central role of small farms in African rural development strategies (English)

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