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.

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,

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Much needed capital investment can enable smallholder farmers to provide the private sector with a sustainable supply of high quality agricultural produce.

But supporting that smallholder in launching a farming business that could generate a five fold increase in income amounts to poverty eradication.

If smallholder farmers are to be given the opportunity to become viable businesses, it is essential that they be connected to markets.

Algeria needs agriculture.

Algeria needs agriculture.

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Agriculture and fishery

Agriculture and fisheries

Agriculture About half of the population depends on agriculture (largely subsistence agriculture) for its livelihood, but Namibia must still import some of its food.

Rural development and agriculture

Renewable energies from agriculture

Agriculture Agriculture was the primary engine of the kingdom from its beginnings in the 9th century.

Agriculture education was mainly offered to those few students wanting to make a career of agriculture.

Huge agriculture subsidies in the US and the European Union have weakened agriculture in the developing world, where too little international assistance was directed at improving agriculture productivity.

For example, Vietnam transformed itself from a food deficit country to the second largest rice exporter in the world by developing its smallholder farming sector.

In Haiti, and in developing countries around the world, smallholder farmers can contribute to food security and economic growth just as they did in Vietnam.

The results of these projects are summarized in the two books African Biodiversity in Smallholder Farms of East Africa and Managing Agrodiversity the Traditional Way.

But how much is invested in agriculture matters less than the type of agriculture that we support.

Agriculture Many Parties reported that agriculture is the second largest source of emissions after the energy sector.

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In the field of agriculture

Emergency food and agriculture support

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Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

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In Davos, I will work to ensure that the interests of the world s smallholder farmers in Haiti and in developing countries around the world are represented.

Three quarters of the world s poorest people get their food and income from farming small plots of land, and most of these smallholder farmers are women.

Each link in the value chain, from the smallholder to the local trade agents and agro processors to regional and national markets, needs to be strengthened.