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Pathways to Inclusive Smallholder Agricultural Commercialisation: Which Way Now?

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dc.creator Chinsinga, Blessings
dc.creator Matita, Mirriam
dc.creator Chimombo, Masautso
dc.creator Msofi, Loveness
dc.creator Kaiyatsa, Stevier
dc.date 2022-05-03T14:13:55Z
dc.date 2022-05-03T14:13:55Z
dc.date 2022-04-01
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:55:25Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:55:25Z
dc.identifier Chinsinga, B.; Matita, M.; Chimombo, M.; Msofi, L. and Kaiyatsa, S. (2022) Pathways to Inclusive Smallholder Agricultural Commercialisation: Which Way Now? APRA Brief 36. Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium, DOI: 10.19088/APRA.2022.023
dc.identifier 978-1-78118-979-5
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17368
dc.identifier Rural Futures
dc.identifier 10.19088/APRA.2022.023
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/199142
dc.description Agricultural commercialisation has the potential to provide a number of beneficial outcomes, including higher incomes and living standards for smallholder farmers. However, for these outcomes to be achieved, commercialisation must be inclusive and broad-based so as to link a large proportion of smallholders in rural areas to commercial, highly profitable value chains. In Malawi, where smallholder farmers contribute about 80 per cent to total food production and 20 per cent to total agricultural export earnings, agricultural commercialisation is especially imperative. While several activities have been undertaken to promote smallholder agricultural commercialisation over the past three decades, progress has not been satisfactory. Most smallholder farmers do not engage with markets on a consistent or sustainable basis. The main goal of the study on which this briefing paper is based was, therefore, to understand and track the underlying dynamics of smallholder agricultural commercialisation over time, and to identify policy recommendations to address the issues that exist in its uptake.
dc.language en
dc.publisher APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.rights APRA, Future Agricultures Consortium
dc.subject Agriculture
dc.subject Development Policy
dc.subject Economic Development
dc.subject Gender
dc.subject Poverty
dc.subject Rural Development
dc.title Pathways to Inclusive Smallholder Agricultural Commercialisation: Which Way Now?
dc.type Series paper (non-IDS)
dc.coverage Malawi


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