Over 1 billion people currently live in slums, with the number of slum dwellers only expected
to grow in the coming decades. The vast majority of slums are located in and around urban …

Contract farming (CF) has long been practiced but is becoming increasingly common in both
developed and developing countries with the heightened interest of consumers in food …

Why is smallholder market participation so important to economic growth and poverty
reduction? The answer traces its origins at least to Adam Smith and David Ricardo: given a …

Fertilizer use in Africa as compared to other developing regions has been limited. What
types of policies and programs are needed to realize the potential benefits of fertilizer in …

Africa's role in the global economy is evolving as a result of new corporate strategies,
changing trade regulations, and innovative ways of overseeing the globalized production …

Efficient pre-and post-harvest services are essential if small farms in high potential areas are
to intensify production, contribute to economic growth, and reduce poverty. They also matter …

Many policy prescriptions emphasise poverty reduction through closer integration of poor
people or areas with global markets. Global value chain (GVC) studies reveal how firms and …

The paper examines the revenue effects of certified organic contract farming for
smallholders and of adoption of organic agricultural farming methods in a tropical African …

In sub‐Saharan Africa, there is fairly broad agreement that increased investment in key
public goods such as roads and communications infrastructure, agricultural research and …

Cotton is the longest chain of field commercial crops of China's planting industry, which the
commodity rate is as high as more than 95%, but still exists many shortcomings of the cotton …