A new framework for African smallholder agriculture : harnessing innovation and the private sector to drive sustainable development

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Title:	A new framework for African smallholder agriculture : harnessing innovation and the private sector to drive sustainable development
Author:	Kosoris, Justin Michael
Abstract:	This report will outline a new framework for improved yields and increased sustainability in Sub-Saharan African smallholder agriculture. Given the failures of agricultural development aid and policy in the past, cross-sector collaboration among local farmer networks, national governments, and private corporations could represent a new model to foster sustainable agricultural production and growth, as each has had past successes but have not traditionally come together to work as a collaborative unit. This paper will examine each sector to look at best practices and then develop a framework for such collaboration. After a normative case with a positive outlook as to the potential for implementing the framework to Senegal‘s groundnut sector, the paper concludes that the framework can work in a variety of settings as long as one is aware of and respects local conditions.
Department:	Public Affairs
Subject:	Sustainable agriculture Green Revolution Sustainability Corporate social responsibility CSR Fair trade Participatory rural appraisal PRA Innovation Smallholder farmer
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1237
Date:	2010-05