Why Medium-Scale Farms Are On the Rise in Africa
Medium-scale farmers bring new sources of capital and know-how to African agriculture. They have in some countries become a politically powerful group that is well represented in farm lobbies and national agricultural strategies, writes The Conversation Africa.
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