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Involving Smallholder Farmers in Policymaking
http://l.caast-net-plus.org/cZFP7-funded project Including Smallholders in Agricultural Research for Development (INSARD) sought to encourage dialogue between policymakers, farmers and researchers to find solutions to farmers’ needs. “Cooperating with smallholder farmers and involving them in the formal research would help to ensure its relevance in view of their needs and constraints. New technology can’t do much for smallholder farmers if it requires supplies they can’t obtain, investments they are unable to shoulder or a completely different type of soil, for example,” the European Commission’s website reports. The INSARD project was concluded in 2013. [Image credit: Flickr, DFAT]
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