The purpose of Working with Smallholders handbook is to enable the development of more sustainable, resilient and … opportunity and a challenge for food and agribusiness companies. The predominance of smallholders in many frontier and emerging … markets makes them an integral part of agribusiness supply chains. Many firms source from smallholders or are actively seeking …

agricultural commodities. Smallholders also represent a potential customer base for firms marketing inputs, information, and …

produce about one-third of the world's food. In Africa and Asia, smallholders dominate the production of food crops, as well … as export commodities such as cocoa, coffee, and cotton. However, smallholders and farm workers remain among the poorest … secure agricultural commodities. More productive smallholders boost rural incomes and economic growth, as well as reduce …

The percentage of smallholders with access to finance is equally difficult to quantify. According to estimates, even … smallholders, primarily those in well-established value chains dedicated to higher value cash crops. International Finance …-commercial smallholders remains anecdotal and lacks specifics on what makes MFI lending to these segments feasible, and what restricts their …