Abstract:
Small-scale farmers produce a big chunk of the food grown in Africa and they are also in the
majority. They play a vital role in most economies of Africa. These merits notwithstanding, the
productivity of most small-scale farmers in Africa is low. They also face peculiar challenges,
which must be addressed to boost their productivity. There are also new opportunities that smallscale farmers need to take advantage. This paper discusses all these issues and conclude with a
set of recommendations on how the productivity of small-scale farmers can be raised in Africa. |
