Stephen Carr is on point, farm size is not the determinant of crop productivity. Sustainable intensification production in Africa will largely be achieve if and only if small-holder farmers co-exists with the larger participants. At the end of the season, crop productivity will largely be determined by the farmers knowledge and accessibility to agronomic inputs vis-a-vis Indigenous Traditional Knowledge(ITK) acquired over the years and not the size of his farm.
In recent times, intensification of cropping systems (multiple cropping) is define in temporal and spatial dimension. Thus, the aim is to increase crop production per unit area per unit time AND NOT BY INCREASING THE FARM SIZE.
Small-scale farmers feed the nation. A typical example of this venture is the "Green Revolution" achieved in India in the 70's not because of large farm size but rather the down-scaling of the components (High Yielding Varieties(HYV), Fertilizers and Irrigation) of Green Revolution to small-holder farmers.
Stephen Carr is on point, farm size is not the determinant of crop productivity. Sustainable intensification production in Africa will largely be achieve if and only if small-holder farmers co-exists with the larger participants. At the end of the season, crop productivity will largely be determined by the farmers knowledge and accessibility to agronomic inputs vis-a-vis Indigenous Traditional Knowledge(ITK) acquired over the years and not the size of his farm.
In recent times, intensification of cropping systems (multiple cropping) is define in temporal and spatial dimension. Thus, the aim is to increase crop production per unit area per unit time AND NOT BY INCREASING THE FARM SIZE.
Small-scale farmers feed the nation. A typical example of this venture is the "Green Revolution" achieved in India in the 70's not because of large farm size but rather the down-scaling of the components (High Yielding Varieties(HYV), Fertilizers and Irrigation) of Green Revolution to small-holder farmers.