I'm curious about the role agricultural cooperatives can play here to address both the concerns with smallholder productivity and the problems you highlight in this post. In addition, to a lack of jobs to absorb smallholders,we must also consider the harm of turning many smallholder farmers who work their own land to powerless laborers on a large plot of land. In a cooperative, they would continue to have land ownership while also being able to pool resources and take advantage of economies of scale. Is this idea gaining any traction in Africa currently?
I'm curious about the role agricultural cooperatives can play here to address both the concerns with smallholder productivity and the problems you highlight in this post. In addition, to a lack of jobs to absorb smallholders,we must also consider the harm of turning many smallholder farmers who work their own land to powerless laborers on a large plot of land. In a cooperative, they would continue to have land ownership while also being able to pool resources and take advantage of economies of scale. Is this idea gaining any traction in Africa currently?