In East Africa, more than 80 percent of the farmers are smallholder farmers. They work relatively small plots of land, fewer than 10 acres, to grow subsistence crops like maize, beans, and bananas.
If those yields drop below subsistence levels, farmers increase the cultivated acreage but lack the incentive to produce more than they need to feed their families. Clearly, these countries are not ...
The amount of food that African farmers can coax from their fields is rising only slowly, or in some places not at all. Growing numbers of people no longer have enough land to make a living.
The One Acre Fund, which represents Africa’s largest network of smallholder farmers ... That really is the difference between subsistence farming and wealth creation. It’s those farmers’ stories where ...
Namibian farmers have incurred financial loses of up to N$315 million in the last year due to drought. Agriculture, water and land reform minister Calle Schlettwein says the losses have been caused by ...
His father was just such a subsistence farmer who reared pigs ... told BBC News that it was vital to support smallholder farmers in Africa, who are struggling to maintain an income from their ...