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Smallholder Farming Under Increasingly Difficult Circumstances: Policy and Public Investment Priorities for Africa

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T.S. Jayne () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
D. Mather
E. Mghenyi

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This paper identifies major trends affecting the future of the small farm in Sub-Saharan Africa, and identifies policy responses and public investment strategies by African governments, governments of high-income countries, and multilateral donors that can give African smallholders the chance to be viable in an increasingly globalized world.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 86.

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Date of creation: 2006
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Keywords: food security; food policy; agriculture policy;

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Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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  1. David Tschirley & John Staatz & Cynthia Donovan, 2007. "Linking Emergency Response to Need in “Food Emergencies”," International Development Working Papers 92, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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