Smallholder farmers

Evidence from over 6,600 farm households in Zambia finds that droughts reduce yields of maize, beans, and groundnuts while prompting smallholders to diversify crops, adopt resilient seed varieties, and expand cultivated area. This suggests that well-...

Small-scale irrigation pumps in Kenya provided both economic and non-economic benefits to smallholder farmers, and improved the position of women in the household

Improving consumer information can increase the productivity of smallholder farmers by helping them detect product quality

While farming practices were not initially enhanced, low-income farmers in Mexico with autonomy substantially improved two years post-intervention