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Mechanization starter pack for smallholder farmers: IPSR Innovation Profile

Content Provider	Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
Author	Matin, Md Abdul Thierfelder, Christian L. Baudron, Frédéric
Spatial Coverage	Zambia;Zimbabwe [ZM;ZW]
Description	Smallholder agricultural mechanization is the call of the day for Africa. Smallholder mechanization helps to reduce production cost and drudgery making agriculture more attractive to the youth. Successful mechanization in most of the African countries relies on selection, validation, piloting, and scaling of appropriate inexpensive machinery solutions adapted to farm size and financial ability of smallholder farmers. Over the past decade, CIMMYT has tested, validated, and piloted small scale machinery and business models suitable for southern African farmers. Currently there 56 mechanization service providers are operating their businesses in Zimbabwe and Zambia. Based on the experiences and successful piloting, the following starter pack machinery is recommended for scaling through a Service Provider Model. A service provider owns and maintains the starter pack machinery and operate it on a fee-forservice basis benefiting many farmers. The service fee is usually much cheaper for the end users (farmers) compared to the cost of traditional practices and create a win-win situation that makes the business viable for both service providers and farmers.
Sponsorship	Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation CGIAR Trust Fund European Union World Food Programme
Related Links	https://cgspace.cgiar.org/items/ee9dcb3a-3125-47fb-8e45-2d0ddf0ba270
File Format	PDF
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	CC-BY-NC-4.0
Subject Keyword	Varieties Breeds Crop Management Livestock Management Processing Information Systems Innovation Scaling Up Smallholders Selection Youth Technology Livestock Crop Mechanization Scaling
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Report
Subject	Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Plant Science

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