It’s time to harvest! : Towards sustainable farming systems in the East African highlands

Abstract

Propositions 1. Land and capital limit smallholder farmers' incomes in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), not technology. (this thesis) 2. Changes required for future farming systems need to be tested at farm level.(this thesis) 3. Education and training of field assistants is more important for good quality data than developing smart survey apps. 4. Cooperation and co-learning with local partners, from field assistants up to professors, should be considered as important as the scientific outcomes of research projects in SSA. 5. Governments calling farmers with low productivity "not serious", do not take their farmers serious. 6. Social media make us less social.