Declining prices of commodities in the international market combined with increasing prices of inputs had rendered many small farmers in Africa uncompetitive in the marketplace and had put their businesses in an unsustainable position.
国际市场初级商品价格下跌，生产投入价格上涨，使非洲许多小农户在市场中失去了竞争力，他们的企业处于无法持续的状态。