Smallholder Farmers: What Firms Need to Know The Basics A smallholder farm in a developing country is usually a family-owned enterprise producing crops or livestock on two hectares or less. Many smallholders are not farmers by choice: they farm because they lack access to other economic opportunities. There are about 525 million smallholder farms worldwide: 388 million in […]
The Business Case Agriculture’s Global Challenges Agribusinesses operate in a rapidly changing world. Demand for agricultural crops is expected to double as the world’s population reaches 9.1 billion by 2050. Rising incomes, urbanization, and changing lifestyles will drive greater consumption of resource-intensive commodities, such as meat, dairy, and bio-fuels. Yet the resources needed for food […]
