Small Farm Services
“Knowledge Intense, Local Specific, Environmentally Sound”
Farmer owned cooperatives, grower associations or individual farmers continue to increase in popularity, and FDC-Texas can assist in creating sustainable operations among the smaller farmer sectors.
This can be accomplished by Services & Venture Participation with the Smallholders:
- Formation of Grower Association & Cooperative operations
- Water Conservation Systems- simple drip irrigation packages (more crops per drop)(1-2ha units)
- Specialized Seeds & Natural Pedation
- Develop Cropping Projections & National Requirements
- Agribusiness Training
- Specialized Equipment & Support
- Food Processing & Storage
- Marketing Consortiums
- Worldwide – 400 million small farmers
- Africa is fed by 33 million small farmers
- These farms produce 85% of Africa’s food
- Employ 65% of Africas population
- The average African small farm is 2 ha or less
- Many of these Farms are women owned & operated
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