Agricultural commercialization, land expansion, and homegrown land-scale farmers: Insights from Ghana

Adwinmea Bonsu, Antony Chapoto and Athur Mabiso

No 1286, IFPRI discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The past decade has seen several African countries increasing their agricultural growth, a trend largely underpinned by increases in land area cultivated instead of productivity increases. Meanwhile, scholars debate whether Africa should pursue a strategy of large-scale or smallholder farms, paying little attention to a special group of smallholder farmers who have transitioned to become medium- and large-scale farmers. This study, therefore, begins to analyze this group of farmers, using qualitative data from in-depth interviews and focus group discussions in Ghana. We analyze their characteristics, ingredients of farm-size expansion, and commercialization.

Keywords: Farm size; large scale farming; Commercialization; Agricultural productivity; Land acquisitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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