Title: The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
Headings: The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
The African Farmer: Problems facing Agriculture
Content: 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. LACK OF INFORMATION: Lack of information remains number one problem facing most small scale farmers in Africa today. Most miss out on new and improved methods of farming. Some especially those in the remote areas have no access to information at all (not even radio sets). Even those in the sub-urban areas with some limited access to information, lack what it takes to process the information they receive.