Smallholder Farming

06
Dec

Nairobi Kenya

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The opportunity for market stakeholders working with smallholder farmers to learn from challenges and opportunities in increasing digitally enabled services for smallholder farmers is being made available through the first Kenya annual learning workshop on December 6, 2016, in Nairobi. This learning event is hosted by AgriFin Accelerate, a development program of Mercy Corps funded […]

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03
Nov

Thursday, November 3, 2016

What is the yield gap, and how does it link to smallholder farmers and poverty? Although new tools, fertilizers, and hybrid seeds are available to increase crop yields, a gap still remains between farmer practice and potential. Smallholder farmers face many challenges adopting to new technologies, so the yield gap grows wider and the path […]

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24
May

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

This webinar will feature the “Smallholder Diaries: Building the Evidence Base with Farming Families in Pakistan, Tanzania and Mozambique.” The Smallholder Diaries opens a unique window onto the lives smallholder families and how they manage their money. Undertaken by the World Bank’s Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), this study collected detailed financial data from 270 […]

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24- 31
Aug

Monday, August 24, 2015 to Monday, August 31, 2015

The program is aimed at exposing the participants on the overview and information sharing on the experiences of Indonesia on policies, roles, regulations, strategies and best practices in promoting smallholder farmers and MSMEs. Further, the program is also aimed to share with the participants the innovative thinking, strategic perspectives and related experiences of selected financial institutions, […]

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