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This partially explains the huge Yield Gap we have in Africa. #Innovation is needed to increase local productivity in Africa, to reduce all global crises impact on the smallscale producers livelihoods. Innovation (incl. #Mechanization) affordability is a Must for scalibility.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, there is a severe lack of farm power: 64% of the farm power used for land preparation is from human muscle power 💪🏿 24% is provided by animal draught power 🐂 11% provided by tractors 🚜
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I’ve been meeting and learning from smallholders across Ghana these past months & they all speak in unison; “give us fertilizer, agrochemical, tractor services & good market….” Smallholder farmers are more ready to scale up & out than policy makers anticipate.
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