Smallholder farmers often face the challenge of accessing markets and selling their produce at competitive prices because they produce in small quantities that may not be commercially viable. The ...

Zero Hunger: is one of the most ambitious commitments in the history of international development. Its five targets address ...

Approximately 97 percent of the world’s farmers farm on less than 10 hectares (about 25 acres) of land. They represent approximately 550 million smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries ...

The World Bank is doubling down on agriculture’s potential as a global development vehicle in hopes that greater investments in smallhold farms will boost jobs, prosperity and food security in ...

Contract farming has emerged as a strategic tool to integrate smallholder farmers into value chains, aiming to overcome market access barriers, enhance technology uptake and stabilise incomes. Under ...

A great deal of research on agriculture in Africa is organised around the premise that intensification can take smallholder farmers out of poverty. The emphasis in programming often focuses on ...

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak and border closures could disrupt coffee production and smallholder farmers’ livelihoods, though ...

The federal government has flagged off the nationwide distribution of 515,720 bags of urea and NPK fertilisers to 128,930 ...

While we normally think of Silicon Valley or developmental corridors and hubs around the world as the sources for future technology, breakthroughs in tech are often spun out from places where people ...