Agricultural policy and the organization of production in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hinderink, J.; Sterkenburg, J. J.

doi:10.1016/0743-0167(85)90092-0

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“…Interestingly, the first issue of the Journal of Rural Studies included a paper on agricultural policy and the organization of production in sub-Saharan Africa (Hinderink and Sterkenburg, 1985), and the journal's scope was carefully described to include research on 'developing nations' (Cloke, 1985). However, the 'unbridged divide' between studies of rural areas in Europe, North America and Australasia and studies of rural areas in the rest of the world observed by Cloke (1985) widened as the former became focused on processes such as counterurbanization, gentrification and post-productivism that appeared to have little relevance in the global south.…”

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New directions in rural studies?

Woods¹

2012

Journal of Rural Studies

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Section: Demarcation Of Rural Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

New directions in rural studies?

Woods¹

2012

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…Thus, a reduction in the costs of accessing markets, better organization of smallholders and improved access to production resources would benefit smallholders [16]. Much policy research has also been conducted on how to encourage smallholder market participation [33][34][35][36]. The literature has also focused on various aspects of smallholder market-based decision making, such as whether to send crops immediately to market or store crops post-harvest to gain potential benefit from later sales [37].…”

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Expanding Perspectives on the Poverty Trap for Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania: The Role of Rural Input Supply Chains

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Smallholder farmers across rural landscapes remain trapped in a vicious cycle of endemic poverty where interconnected challenges limit their ability to improve their livelihoods. Our study of smallholder farmers’ relationships with suppliers and several stakeholders across the Tanzanian rural agro-input supply chain offers an extended perspective on the persistence of endemic poverty and broadens the discussion on the future of sustainable food production and smallholder livelihoods. Through interviews and focus groups, we use a grounded theory methodology to develop a systemic approach to understanding the complexities of this landscape as related to smallholder agro-input sourcing activities. Our causal loop diagram framework provides a unique perspective on the poverty trap experienced by smallholder farmers in this context. Our findings may be useful in targeting practical and sustainable directions towards overcoming the poverty trap, ultimately enabling smallholders to increase wealth and improve their livelihoods through sustainable practices.

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“…The following section explores this latter criticism by examining evidence of uneven development across ADDs within the country and across different segments of the farm population. The focus here will be, as in the previous section, on the broad area of agro-support services which have come under severe criticism in African agriculture (Henderink and Sterkenburg, 1985). t, metric tonne = 1000 kg.…”

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Malawi's agricultural development: a success story?

Sofranko

Fliegel

1989

Agricultural Economics

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99Sofranko, A.J. and Fliegel, F.C., 1989. Malawi's agricultural development: a success story? Agric. Econ., At a time when attention was focused on Africa's poor agricultural performance, Malawi demonstrated a capacity not only to feed itself, but to produce a surplus for export. During the periods covered in this paper, its agricultural growth exceeded that of most African countries and compared favorably with 'success stories' on the continent. This research focuses on Malawi's recent performance, with particular attention on trends in the provision of essential agro-support services: credit; extension and farmer training; and input supply and marketing. Trends in these services are examined first at the national level and then at the district level. While overall trends indicate substantial progress, district level data reveal extensive unevenness. Moreover, at the farm level, census data on farmer training and technology utilization show fewer benefits to female operators and smaller farmers.Important elements of developmentally oriented intrastructure and services have been put in place and are functioning better than in most African countries. This is important in terms of longer-term agricultural development prospects. There is ample evidence, however, that Malawi's progress has not spread across different segments of the farm population or Agriculture Development Districts. Both the unevenness and overall progress have been heavily influenced by donor-support. 0169-5150/89/$03.50

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Agricultural policy and the organization of production in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 9 publications

References 26 publications

New directions in rural studies?

New directions in rural studies?

Expanding Perspectives on the Poverty Trap for Smallholder Farmers in Tanzania: The Role of Rural Input Supply Chains

Malawi's agricultural development: a success story?

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