Why Ghana's smallholders aren't excited by the latest 'Green Revolution': A Ghanaian vegetable farmer sits on his land Vrinda Khushu/Wikimedia CommonsThe Green Revolution – the introduction of new higher yielding seed varieties, increased use of fertiliser, irrigation and other mechanisation introduced since the 1960s – brought about a great increase in crop yields in some … [Read more...] about Why Ghana’s smallholders aren’t excited by the latest ‘Green Revolution’ | The Conversation
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Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty? | The Conversation
Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty?: Hard work and poor prospects for smallholder farming households in Africa. Swathi Sridharan (formerly ICRISAT, Bulawayo), CC BY-SAA great deal of research on agriculture in Africa is organised around the premise that intensification can take smallholder farmers out of poverty. The emphasis in programming often focuses … [Read more...] about Can African smallholders farm themselves out of poverty? | The Conversation
