Africa requires a new agricultural transformation that is appropriate for Africa, that recognizes the continent's diverse environments and climates, and that takes into account its histories and cultures while benefiting rural smallholder farmers and their families.
In this book, Sir Gordon Conway, IFPRI's Director for Africa Ousmane Badiane, and IFPRI's West and Central Africa Office and Program Leader of the Malabo Montpellier Panel Katrin Glatzel describe the key challenges faced by Africa's smallholder farmers and present the concepts and practices of Sustainable Intensification (SI) as opportunities to sustainably transform Africa's agriculture sector and the livelihoods of millions of smallholders.
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