Publication

Nov 2005

This publication analyzes the role of farmer organizations (FO) in supporting the agricultural development of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper draws on evidence from research conducted on FOs in Malawi. It argues that governments have a specific role to play in establishing and enforcing an appropriate legislative environment to assist FOs in development activities.

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Author Ephraim Chirwa, Andrew Dorward, Richard Kachule, Ian Kumwenda, Jonathan Kydd, Nigel Poole, Colin Poulton, Michael Stockbridge
Series ODI Natural Resource Perspectives
Issue 99
Publisher Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
Copyright © 2005 Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
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