Tag: rural economy
From Burkina Faso to Georgia: How Rural Farmers can Benefit from Urbanisation
Europe: Opening up access to new urban markets alongside tools and technologies, can empower small-scale farmers to move from low-productivity, subsistence farming to profitable farming that contributes to higher incomes and better livelihoods.
Read MoreVideo: The African Union’s Vision for an Agricultural Transformation
: “Africa is ripe for agricultural change,” H.E. Tumusiime Rhoda Peace, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union tells Farming First in the latest interview filmed exclusively for Farming First TV. She highlights, however, that the lack of capital to acquire technology remains a major barrier. Another key challenge for Africa is deficient […]
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