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Agriculture in Africa

Free Trade: Solution to Africa’s Agriculture Productivity Problems?

February 24, 2023

During President Biden’s closing remarks at the U.S.-Africa summit held in December, he stated that “Africa has the potential to feed its people and help feed the world.” Although framed with a positive spin, the inference of Biden’s statement refers …

Small Commercial Farms are on the Rise in Africa—Best News of 2018?

Thomas Jayne & Milu Muyanga

December 19, 2018

Driven by population growth and growing land scarcity, most African farm households are witnessing the gradual sub-division of their land. Over time farms are getting smaller and smaller. Today, over 80 percent of farms in relatively densely populated countries – …