Sustainable agricultural mechanization – transforming rural families’ livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa
Over 100 international agriculture and food experts, including from 27 African countries gathered in Nairobi to discuss ways to boost agricultural mechanization for the benefit of smallholder farmers in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Farm mechanization has huge potential for increasing agricultural production and transforming rural families’ livelihoods by reducing drudgery in the field, enhancing sustainable intensification, more efficient use of farm inputs as well as making food-growing activities more “climate-smart”.
Organización: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Año: 2016
País(es): Kenya
Cobertura geográfica: África
Tipo: Artículo de blog
Texto completo disponible en: http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/458050/
Idioma utilizado para los contenidos: English