Will the Action Plan support large or small scale agriculture or both? Of all the developing world’s rural people, 60 percent are smallholder agriculture households (2 hectares or less). Halving rural poverty and hunger will not be achieved if the performance of smallholder agriculture is not improved. Similarly, increased investment in large-scale agriculture can spur growth, fiscal revenues, and create jobs and local income – ignoring large-scale agriculture can miss opportunities. Both are important and both will receive attention in the Action Plan. The dominant focus will be on raising smallholder productivity, strengthening smallholder linkages with markets, and helping better manage risks. Complementary support will be provided to strengthening land rental and sale markets to allow farm size to reflect management capacity, and to facilitate entry to and exit from agriculture. In addition, together with other development partners, assistance will be provided to develop a code of conduct for large scale foreign investment in agriculture to ensure equitable sharing of benefits.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 11:44:39 +0000
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