Power, Rights, and Inclusive Markets: Public policies that support small-scale agriculture
Publication date
2013-06-05Keywords
Co-operativesCollective enterprise
Economic empowerment
Enterprise development
Food production
Inequality
Investment
Land rights
Smallholder agriculture
Private sector
Land rights
Producer organizations
Gender equality
FPIC
Free, Prior, and Informed Consent
Agriculture
Livelihoods
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Oxfam InternationalDocument type
Briefing noteDescription
By supporting small-scale agricultural producers, policy makers in governments and donor agencies can help some of the poorest people in the world to improve their livelihoods. Unfortunately, evidence suggests that most donor and government policies are currently biased towards large-scale agriculture at the expense of small-scale producers, women, and rural communities.
This briefing note draws on recent Oxfam research to describe specific examples of how policy makers can govern markets and incentivise commercial investment in agriculture that includes small-scale producers. Policy recommendations focus on three key principles: giving small-scale producers, particularly women, power in markets and in politics; protecting basic rights; and supporting inclusive markets.