Improving Market Access for Smallholders: Challenges and Opportunities
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The advent of globalisation has brought many opportunities in trade, capital and labour
flows and in exchange of information and technology. For agricultural producers,
globalisation offers the possibility of expanded markets. But integration into the global
economy is fraught with challenges, particularly for farmers in developing countries.
Not only are they faced with increasing competition from other farmers within their
countries, but also from producers around the world. The challenge is to find how
farmers in developing countries can access these markets to share in the benefits of
globalisation. This paper discusses the challenges and threats faced by smallholder
farmers and outlines some strategies to improve market access by smallholders.