Exploring market opportunities for African smallholders

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Smallholder commercialization: processes, determinants and impact (2009, background): “Apart from the intercontinental export markets for high-value cash crops, there is a considerable potential demand for staple commodities in the domestic and intraregional food markets of developing countries (Diao and Hazell 2004; Diao et al. 2007).”
Smallholder Agriculture in East Africa: Trends, Constraints and Opportunities (2010, background): “…of poverty alleviation, by raising the incomes of rural cultivators and reducing food expenditure, and thus reduces income inequality (Mellor 1966, 1976; Magingxa and Kamara 2003; Diao and Hazell 2004; Resnick 2004; Bahram and Chitemi 2006; Anríquez G. and K. Stamoulis, 2007; and World Bank, 2008).”
Collective action initiatives to improve marketing performance: Lessons from farmer groups in Tanzania (2009, background): “First, agricultural development will not occur without engaging smallholder farmers who account for the overwhelming majority of actors in this sector (Magingxa and Kamara, 2003; Diao and Hazell, 2004; Resnick, 2004).”