Why multi-cropping is essential to boost smallholder incomes

Reflecting on recent Innovation Forum research, one of the project partners, Silke Peters, team leader in the sustainable agriculture supply chains and standards programme at GIZ, talks with Ian Welsh about some of the solutions that make a difference to smallholder farm incomes. She highlights diversification of crops, with essential access to markets and long term relationships with buyers, as crucial elements in developing real resilience. They also discuss cross commodity solutions more generally.