Smallholder Farming Under Increasingly Difficult Circumstances: Policy and Public Investment Priorities for Africa

Thomas Jayne (), David Mather and Elliot W. Mghenyi

No 54567, Food Security International Development Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: This paper identifies major trends affecting the future of the small farm in Sub-Saharan Africa, and identifies policy responses and public investment strategies by African governments, governments of high-income countries, and multilateral donors that can give African smallholders the chance to be viable in an increasingly globalized world.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54567

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