How business can help smallholders: five insights from the field

Pioneering companies and organisations have helped increase the incomes and livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers. Here are some tips on how they did it Modern agricultural practices and new technologies have transformed the productivity and lives of large farmers. But the companies and organisations offering these innovations often struggle to reach small farmers for a variety of reasons, including lack of cash, unpredictability of financing and farmers' vulnerability if harvests fail....