Smallholder in a sentence

He assured the participants of the federal government’s readiness to support smallholder farmers and bridge the funding gap.

He explained that the capacity building of smallholder sugarcane farmers in community-based seed cane production was crucial to boosting the yield.

I hope it will not start with this centre,” said Kasomekera, while describing the centre as a game changer which would drive agricultural transformation among smallholder farmers.

Smallholder farmers across the country have united into associations that pool their resources.

Smallholder farmers cultivating cereals (rice, maize, wheat etc.) cotton, roots and tubers, sugarcane, tree crops, legumes, tomato and livestock are those captured under this initiative.

Smallholder farmers who were affected by Cyclone Freddy in the area of Senior Chief Liwonde in Machinga say they are optimistic they will have a good harvest from the irrigation farming they have been doing.

The country has managed to recover about K187.7 million of the duped funds, according to Richard Chikunkhuzeni, Chief Executive Officer for Smallholder Farmers Fertilizer Revolving Fund of Malawi.

The event was aimed at exploring innovation solutions, investment opportunities, and partnerships to enhance productivity, resilience, and sustainable in African agriculture, focusing on smallholder farmers.

The independent smallholder will be encouraged by this incentive to use sustainable best practices.

To do that, Mkandawire said there is need to pay attention to smallholder farmers on how to incentivise them to improve the status of their soil health.

United States (US)-based agro-product company, the Plant Catalyst, has urged smallholder farmers in Malawi to adopt and use Plant Catalyst.

A move designed to impoverish smallholder farmers and lock them out of farming.

By providing these tools and training, One Acre Fund helps smallholder farmers reduce poverty, increase climate adaptation, and improve their harvests, enabling them to grow their way to prosperity.

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources economist Horace Phiri said much as mega farms are critical to agricultural output, they should just complement and not replace existing smallholder farmers and estate production.

Our findings reveal a worrying trend towards consolidating land for industrial agriculture, potentially displacing millions of smallholder farmers through land-grabbing and jeopardising their livelihoods and food sovereignty.

SAPs undermined the already poor competitiveness of African smallholder agriculture.

Smallholder farmers are struggling to adapt to the changing climate, and this has led to declining food availability and rising prices,” she said.

The Centre for Agricultural Transformation (CAT) has commended Standard Bank for creating viable partnerships with organizations that work with smallholder.

The network has so far established 51 community seed banks, serving over 60, 000 smallholder farmers countrywide.

The stakeholders said smallholder women farmers played a crucial role in maintaining and improving indigenous seeds in Ghana.