Blind Budgets: Budget transparency and public spending for small-scale producers
Publication date
2013-07-23Keywords
AgricultureFinance
Food security
Livelihoods
Food production
Smallholder agriculture
Women farmers
Metadata
Show full item recordPublisher(s)
Oxfam InternationalDocument type
Briefing noteDescription
In Latin America and the Caribbean, national budgets remain blind to the special needs and priorities of small-scale producers. This undercuts the productivity and food security of millions of women and men who manage small-scale farming operations and provide up to 60 per cent of the food supply. With a new index, Oxfam evaluates budget transparency, accountability, and participation for small-scale producers in the region, and outlines priority areas of improvement. Addressing these would help deliver more and better investment, sustainable livelihoods, and a secure food supply for producers and consumers across the region.