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dc.contributor.authorMuyanga, Milu
dc.contributor.authorJayne, Thomas S.
dc.contributor.authorAromolaran, Adebayo B.
dc.contributor.authorLiverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.
dc.contributor.authorAdelaja, Adesoji
dc.contributor.authorAwokuse, Titus
dc.contributor.authorOmotilewa, Oluwatoba J.
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, Justin
dc.contributor.authorIssa, Fadlullah O.
dc.contributor.authorObayelu, Abiodun E.
dc.coverage.spatialNigeriaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-20T11:34:13Z
dc.date.available2022-04-20T11:34:13Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-01
dc.identifier.citationMuyanga, M.; Jayne, T.S.; Aromolaran, A.B.; Liverpool-Tasie, L.S.O.; Adelaja, A.; Awokuse, T.; Omotilewa, O.O.; George, J.; Issa, F.O. and Obayelu. A.E. (2022) Medium-scale Farming as a Policy Tool for Agricultural Commercialisation and Small-scale Farms Transformation in Nigeria. APRA Brief 32. Brighton: Future Agricultures Consortium, DOI: 10.19088/APRA.2022.015en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-78118-965-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/17333
dc.description.abstractRecent evidence suggests that the changing structure of land ownership in sub-Saharan Africa is one of the major new trends affecting African agri-food systems. Research in several African countries shows a rapid rise of medium-scale farms (MSFs) of 5–50ha. MSFs have become an important force for increasing agricultural production, particularly in countries with significant unutilised arable land and potential for area expansion, such as Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. Most African countries’ national agricultural investment plans and policy strategies officially regard the smallholder farming sector as the main vehicle for achieving agricultural growth, food security, and poverty reduction objectives. However, many governments have adopted land and financial policies that implicitly encourage the rise of emergent MSFs. Given the documented rise in MSFs in many African countries, the APRA Nigeria Work Stream 1 team developed a research agenda focused on understanding the potentially complex ways in which these farms affect the productivity and commercialisation potential of small-scale farms (SSFs). We investigated the characteristics of MSFs, the processes that produces them, their relative importance in the agricultural commercialisation process, the relationship between farm scale and productivity, and whether MSFs influence the behaviour and welfare of the millions of SSF households around them. Our findings are based on two years of survey data on MSFs and nearby SSFs in 2019 and 2021 in Ogun and Kaduna states. This policy brief summarises our main findings, drawing upon several APRA-supported reports.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAPRA, Future Agricultures Consortiumen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectDevelopment Policyen
dc.subjectEconomic Developmenten
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectRural Developmenten
dc.titleMedium-Scale Farming as a Policy Tool for Agricultural Commercialisation and Small-Scale Farms Transformation in Nigeriaen
dc.typeSeries paper (non-IDS)en
dc.rights.holderAPRA, Future Agricultures Consortiumen
dc.identifier.teamRural Futuresen
dc.identifier.doi10.19088/APRA.2022.015
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-04-01
rioxxterms.funderDepartment for International Development, UK Governmenten
rioxxterms.identifier.projectAPRAen
rioxxterms.versionVoRen
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.19088/APRA.2022.015en
rioxxterms.funder.projecte1f6d3be-457a-4f13-8b1f-6748d1402d83en


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