, such as chemical fertilizer, improved seeds, and irrigation technologies, among smallholders. Past research and much policy … high transaction costs, can also play important roles in credit-rationing for smallholders. Using primary survey data from … Ethiopia and Tanzania, this study examines the nature of credit constraints facing smallholders and the factors that affect …

Irrigated agriculture can support food and nutrition security, increase rural employment and incomes and can act as a … sector actors focused on importation, distribution and financing of technologies. Farmers are considered to have no influence …-driven process. In northern Ghana, on the other hand, farmers are considered to be key influencers, although participants noted that …

inhibit leveraging the energy transition for ensuring food security and agriculture-led poverty alleviation in SSA. We propose …

Nigeria's rural youth are facing various challenges in agriculture, with limited job opportunities outside the sector …, inputs and equipment to support young farmers who cannot leave the agriculture sector. A promising factor is that many young …. Using qualitative focus group discussions and individual interviews with youth in four communities in two Nigerian states …