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Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.creator Jayne, T.S.
dc.creator Wineman, Ayala
dc.creator Chamberlin, Jordan
dc.creator Muyanga, Milu
dc.creator Yeboah, Frederick kwame
dc.date 2022-04-20T14:38:00Z
dc.date 2022-04-20T14:38:00Z
dc.date 2021-11-08
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:55:05Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:55:05Z
dc.identifier Jayne,T.S.; Wineman, A.; Chamberlin, J.; Muyanga, M. and Yeboah, F.K. (2021) Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa, Annual Review of Resource Economics 14, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-111220- 025657
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17335
dc.identifier https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3958495
dc.identifier Rural Futures
dc.identifier 10.2139/ssrn.3958495
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/199118
dc.description We review the literature on the distribution of farm sizes in sub-Saharan Africa, trends over time, drivers of change in farm structure, and effects on agricultural transformation, and present new evidence for six countries. While it is widely viewed that African agriculture is dominated by small-scale farms, we show that medium-scale farms of 5 to 100 hectares are a non-trivial—and rapidly expanding—force which is influencing the nature and pace of food systems transformation in many countries. The increased prevalence of medium-scale holdings is associated with farm labor productivity growth and underappreciated benefits to smallholder farmers. However, the rise of African investor farmers may also be contributing to escalating land prices and restricted land access for local people. A better understanding of these trends and linkages, which requires new data collection activities, could help resolve longstanding policy debates and support strategies that accelerate agricultural transformation.
dc.description Please note: This paper is available to download upon free registration with SSRN. See link under 'More details' below.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Annual Review of Resource Economics
dc.rights https://www.ids.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Latest_IDSOpenDocs_ExternalDocuments2020.pdf
dc.rights © 2021 The Author(s).
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Development Policy
dc.subject Economic Development
dc.subject Rural Development
dc.title Changing Farm Size Distributions and Agricultural Transformation in sub-Saharan Africa
dc.type Article
dc.coverage Ethiopia
dc.coverage Ghana
dc.coverage Kenya
dc.coverage Malawi
dc.coverage Nigeria
dc.coverage Tanzania
dc.coverage Zimbabwe


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