Title: The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
Headings: The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
Content: The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
Fertile fields, thriving crops, high quality and plentiful yields, healthy and numerous cattle, financial security, good education for the children, a better home, a better life for all. The African land can provide all these and much more to the hardworking smallholder African farmer, the large scale African farmer, entire countries, Africa as a continent, and even the world at large. The potential is phenomenal. Unfortunately however, this potential remains largely untapped. Farming is a noble and vital profession because without farming, the world would starve to death. Unfortunately, despite this huge role farmers play in our lives, most farmers across the globe continue to face great challenges in their daily lives. Most farmers in Africa today are smallholder or subsistence farmers who grow crops and rear animals just to feed themselves and their families. Also, the majority lives in rural and suburban communities.