Items tagged:
Smallholder agriculture
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Redefining smallholder farmer inclusion in modern value chains: three ways forward
A new report from IIED explores why expectations of including smallholder farmers in modern value chains have fallen short, and suggests new and more realistic ways of getting inclusion to work for smallholders
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Revisiting smallholder inclusion in modern value chains as a path to sustainable development
Using the evidence and lessons from smallholder farmers’ involvement in modern value chains, IIED is taking stock of its ambitions, reality and signs of change
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Inclusive dialogue gets priorities of Nepal’s rural producers recognised in local law
Binod Gautam reflects on a participatory local-level law-making process, developed to tackle the barriers that marginalise rural smallholder producers in Nepal
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Turning up the heat – how chilli growing is conserving Uganda’s wildlife
Juliet Aneno explains how chilli-growing enterprises in Uganda are helping households generate non-poaching related income – supporting efforts to mitigate human-wildlife conflict around Murchison Falls National Park
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Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
Support initiatives should assist farmers’ own efforts to renegotiate trading relations, rather than assuming producers gain most from integration in agribusiness-led activities
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Sustaining coffee producers’ agency in the context of COVID-19
Vava Coffee is social enterprise seeking to create positive social and economic change in Kenya’s coffee industry, the implications of COVID-19 and possible solutions for sustaining progress
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Using technology to overcome challenges for farmers in value chains
Value chains are structured in ways that are unfavourable to smallholder farmers who often struggle to access finance, inputs and markets. An IIED webinar discussed how smallholders in East Africa can use technology to overcome those challenges and negotiate with buyers and input and finance providers from a position of strength
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Q&A: Why indigenous seed-saving women are the stewards of biodiversity
In the latest in a series highlighting how women around the world are safeguarding biodiversity, Krystyna Swiderska discusses how women are sustaining biodiverse farming by combining traditional knowledge and innovation to protect local seed systems
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GWI West Africa: project background
Agriculture in large-scale rice irrigation schemes needs to be made to work for both the state, in terms of economic returns and national food security, and for the smallholders whose livelihoods depend on it. When it comes to the development of new dams and large-scale irrigation, more information is needed about their economic viability and how the water, land, and economic benefits can be shared equitably to support local development
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Calling all energy and agriculture experts: meet, talk and collaborate
Many of the 500 million small farms that produce the bulk of food consumed in developing countries have no access to modern energy services. Why doesn't more research and innovation focus on getting energy to them?
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African land deals: Is a policy shift underway?
African governments have played a key role in allocating land to investors. Recent developments hold out promise for more carefully thought out approaches by them in the future.
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Ensuring small holders aren't squeezed out of agricultural investments
Tipping the Balance, a new report, has discovered that current popular policies can tip the balance away from small farmers. How can we ensure small holder farmers get a better deal?
