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| Title: | Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Search for Viable Options |
| Author: | Nindi, Benson C. |
| Year: | 1993 |
| Periodical: | Nordic Journal of African Studies |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 142-159 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Subsaharan Africa |
| Subjects: | women farmers agricultural development small farms Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology agriculture |
| External link: | https://njas.fi/njas/article/view/716/539 |
| Abstract: | This article addresses the question of whether a turnaround in African agriculture can be achieved without supporting and helping smallholder (women) farmers. The first section presents data supporting the argument that a turnaround is not possible without helping African women producers to farm, simply because there are too many women farmers to ignore them. The second section presents material supporting the counterargument, that a turnaround is possible in the long run without helping women farmers: the intensification of agricultural production and the introduction of new technologies cause a decrease of women's participation in agricultural activities and the displacement of women peasant farmers. Development planning often fails to include women and as a consequence, African women producers are now being marginalized in the agricultural production process. This is shown by findings from, amongst others, Burkina Faso, Malawi and Tanzania. The author further argues that the displacement of women is uneven both within and between African countries. In the long run, smallholder women farmers will be replaced in some areas, and in other areas they will continue to be the norm. Bibliogr. |
