Principal Challenges Confronting Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Principal Challenges Confronting Smallholder Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
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DOI：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.06.002
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发表时间：
2010-10-01
影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Mghenyi, Elliot
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作者：
Jayne, T. S.;Mather, David;Mghenyi, Elliot
本文件利用东部和南部非洲五个国家的小规模农场调查数据，突出了四个未得到充分重视的问题：㈠土地分配模式如何限制作物技术和投入集约化的潜力，使许多小农场得以摆脱贫困; ㈡为什么大多数小农的生产只能达到边际盈余，或无法有意义地参与商品市场;（iii）为什么大多数农民直接受到粮食价格上涨的伤害;（iv）为什么市场上的农业剩余物过度集中在一小部分相对较大的小农手中。政策和公共投资的选择是根据这些调查结果进行审查。非洲的小农场没有统一的未来：在很大程度上取决于政府的政策和投资决策。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
This paper uses small-scale farm survey data from five countries of eastern and southern Africa to highlight four under-appreciated issues: (i) how land distribution patterns constrain the potential of crop technology and input intensification to enable many small farms to escape from poverty; (ii) why most smallholders are unable to produce more than a marginal surplus or participate meaningfully in commodity markets; (iii) why most farmers are directly hurt by higher grain prices; and (iv) why the marketed agricultural surplus is exceedingly concentrated among a small group of relatively large smallholders. Policy and public investment options are reviewed in the light of these findings. There is no one future for small farms in Africa: much depends on government policy and investment decisions. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.