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Responding to the realities of rural youth
… Provocation seminar series About the series: Making markets work for small-scale farmers?  Provocation #6: Rural youth today, farmers tomorrow? The …
News, 31 May 2012
This farmer in India's Maharashtra state gets weather alerts, advisories about pests and market information via his mobile phone (Photo: Borlaug Institute for South Asia, Creative Commons via Flickr)
CBA13: unlocking the power of technology to build climate resilience
Article, 27 February 2019
Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy
Insight, 21 September 2017
Does the development community focus too strongly on smallholders? (Credit: Flickr/United Nations Photo)
Fast track out of poverty: farm labour or smallholder?
… provoke debate on the issues and dilemmas of making markets work for small-scale farmers. On all counts, the latest seminar , held in Manchester on 25 … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 02 June 2011
Traders take matooke to market
Resilient Dynamism? An informal word with leaders meeting in Davos
… 93% of milk produced and sold in eastern African countries came from small-scale producers. And where crop and livestock agriculture is managing to … on mercury that includes artisanal mining . Whether smallholder farmers, artisanal miners, small traders or small and medium-sized … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 22 January 2013
A typical Kenya milk bar. Packaged milk in supermarkets has been found to be no better at meeting food safety standards than raw milk sold from kiosks (Photo: International Livestock Research Institute, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Lessons in informality from Kenya's dairy sector
… in size – 86 per cent of Kenya's milk is sold by unorganised , small-scale businesses in informal markets or consumed directly at home. The … high operating costs (PDF) , and consequently offers a lower price to farmers and a higher price to consumers.  The dominant perception is … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 03 November 2015
The Food Change Lab engaged a wide group of voices from people in different parts of the food system in the Fort Portal region (Photo: Nimrod Bagonza)
Mixing more voices into food policy
… In reality, those with most at stake in the food system – from small-scale farmers to low income consumers who spend such a high proportion of … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 10 October 2016
A farmer in Tanzania shows the effects of drought on her maize crop. Farmers in developing countries, and women farmers in particular, find it difficult to get multi-peril crop insurance (Photo: Anne Wangalachi, CIMMYT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Insuring farmers – adapting to climate change
Insight, 16 July 2015
Has agriculture been a winner in the economic downturn?
… While the downturn has hit many economic sectors hard, have farmers prospered? Crisis and prices First, the backstory. The start of … waiting for signals to invest. Southern exposure Meanwhile, small-scale farmers producing high-value products for global markets have … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 14 June 2010
Gastro(eco)nomic revolution in Peru
… development. With others, he has created an association to link farmers, the food industry, and all actors involved in the food chain … as you walked around: “Wow, ay!” Importantly, the festival gives small-scale producers a chance to show off their produce – including hundreds …
Insight, 16 October 2011