Small-scale farmers and productivity South at the Steering Wheel

Improving sustainability in land investment for bioenergy in sub-Saharan Africa Peter Roberntz, WWF Sweden

…Large gaps in productivity, with current farmers achieving less than 30 percent of potential yields – as found in most of Africa – point to deficiency in technology, capital markets, infrastructure, or public institutions including property rights… …One of the highest development priorities in the world must be to improve small holder agriculture productivity, especially in Africa… Rising Interest in Farmland – Can It Yield Sustainable and Equitable Benefits World Bank Report (2010)

OECD –FAO Agricultural Outlook 2010-2019

How can small scale farmers be part of development?

Water

Agriculture Forest

FOOD FUEL FIBRE

FODDER MORE Fs?

Sustainable

Resilience

Adaptiveness

Development

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