China’s political leadership has set out to “revitalise” the countryside and turn it into a pleasant place with “beautiful villages”. Only a decade ago, the leadership at the time had attempted something similar in the…
Managing Director Steve Bawa explains how he operates and what challenges, opportunities and limitations he is facing with his company Fruits & Veggies Global Limited located in Jos, Nigeria.
Mobile services and smartphone apps, so-called m-services, can help to empower farmers with information and access to services and markets. But we should not neglect looking at their downsides. Strengthening farmers…
Interest in structural transformation, as integral to economic growth, has (once again) come under the spotlight, owing to resumed growth across much of sub-Saharan Africa from the mid-1990s onwards. Growth has been…
A transition is under way in many of the world’s rural regions. The form that it takes and the speed with which it progresses will depend in part on the attention that it receives from policy-makers. Our author explains…
Land plays a crucial role in rural transformation. However, information allowing a comparison of number, size and distribution of farms and farmland throughout the world and, above all, showing how these factors are…
The causes, processes and policy design of structural transformation in rural areas are multifarious and complex. Discussing them with a view to informing development co-operation on appropriate action requires…
The present debate on rural transformation reflects a paradigm shift in addressing rural development. While, in past decades, rural development was mainly considered from a micro-level perspective, focussing on farming…
An increasing number of migrants in the Global South live in so-called “multi-locational household arrangements”. They combine the opportunities offered by two places, often a rural and an urban one. Their livelihood…
Migration dynamics in rural areas in sub-Saharan Africa are mainly associated with rural exodus and rapid urbanisation, which often goes along with high crime rates and social conflicts. Rural areas are expected to be…
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