Agricultural mechanization : a key input for sub-Saharan African smallholders

44 pp. : charts

Integrated Crop Management Vol 23-2016

Also Available in French https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cd9a50a3-c244-4217-81ff-bb7f03ff6557

Gift of Dr Abram Bicksler Jan 25, 2023 

This paper is specifically about agricultural mechanisation: the opportunities provided by mechanisation for intensifying production in a sustainable manner, in value addition and agri-food value chain development, as well as the inherent opportunities implied for improved local economies and livelihoods. The establishment of viable business enterprises agro-processors, transport services, and so forth as a result of increased agricultural mechanisation in rural areas, is crucial to creating emp loyment and income opportunities and, thereby, enhancing the demand for farm produce. Mechanisation plays a key role in enabling the growth of commercial agri-food systems and the efficiency of post-harvest handling, processing and marketing operations, and as such can be a major determinant in the availability and accessibility of food, the food prices paid by urban and rural poor, as well as contributing to increased household food security.

Publication Details

• Published: 2016
• Publisher: Rome : FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United States)
• ISBN-13: 978-92-5-109381-8
• Dewey Decimal: 631.3
• ECHO Library: 631.3 FAO