Sustainable intensification of agriculture aims to produce more with less: to increase harvests without using more resources. The concept has been seen as key to achieving food security in Africa – but in practice smallholders face numerous challenges in adopting this approach.
IIED worked with partners in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi, Mali and the Netherlands to explore how smallholder farmers in Africa are managing the trade-offs between increasing their harvests and achieving other socioeconomic and environmental objectives. We also developed a series of recommendations for policymakers.
Resilience in agricultural and food systems
How IIED is building greater local control and resilience into agricultural and food systems More in this collection
