Crop yields fail to rise in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa

Drawing on a harmonized longitudinal dataset covering more than 55,000 smallholder farms in six African countries, we analyze changes in crop productivity from 2008 to 2019. Because smallholder farmers represent a significant fraction of the world’s poorest people, agricultural productivity in this...

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Main Authors: Wollburg, P, Bentze, T, Lu, Y, Udry, C, Gollin, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences 2024