Policies are needed to support smallholder agriculture, product diversification and a better distribution of land ownership in agriculture.

Investment in agriculture in Africa must focus on creating a dynamic smallholder sector.

Many individual donor countries have declared that they are now prepared to increase their financial support for smallholder agriculture, but are searching for the appropriate mechanisms to do so.

22. The Agriculture and Forestry Department provides support services to smallholder producers, including agricultural loans through a revolving credit fund, which provided loans totalling 9,500 in 1992 and 1,459 in 1993.

In Africa, most food is produced by women smallholder farmers.

NEW YORK The G 8 s 20 billion initiative on smallholder agriculture, launched at the group s recent summit in L Aquila, Italy, is a potentially historic breakthrough in the fight against hunger and extreme poverty.

Noting that hundreds of millions of women worldwide live in poverty and that the majority of poor women throughout the world live in rural areas, where their livelihoods are dependent on subsistence and smallholder agriculture,

Organizations like IFAD can help link the private sector and smallholder farmers.

How can the private sector, both corporate and smallholder, be better engaged?

India's smallholder farm sector supports an estimated population of 500 million people.

An agriculture ministry (also called an agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency) is a ministry charged with agriculture.

Moreover, sustainable investment linkages between smallholder farmers and the private sector are needed.

The economy will have a simple structure in the coming years, with most economic activities focused in five sectors smallholder, or peasant, agriculture reconstruction port services and light manufacturing local small scale trade and public services, including health care and education.

Cash crops include copra, cattle, coffee and cocoa, which are produced on a smallholder basis.

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Moreover, large companies should use their global supply chains to empower their workforces and women smallholder farmers.

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New drought tolerant maize varieties, for example, are already benefiting more than two million smallholder farmers in Africa.

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Agricultural development efforts should, therefore, focus on promoting the growth and sustainability of smallholder farmers and small rural businesses.

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By enabling farmers to increase their output and incomes, smallholder inclusive private investment can bolster economic growth and food security.

Indeed, smallholder farmers are often extremely efficient producers per hectare, and can contribute to a country s economic growth and food security.

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