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My name is Abubakar Shaibu-Salami. I am a telecoms (microwave transmission) engineer by profession. I am also a farmer and cofounder of Agriteer, a youth-led organisation that is working on increasing the role of youths in agriculture and climate change initiatives in Nigeria and across the African continent. I am glad to be a member of this conference.
3.1 Questions related to defining small farms
3.1.1 What is the most appropriate threshold to use for research purposes?
3.1.2 Should the threshold be adapted to regional and national realities?
Can farm output be measured (in tonnes) for a systematic approach to be taken in classifying small farms based on the four dimensions of food security: Availability of food; access to food; utilisation of food; and food stability.
Questions listed below could be asked and established per farm:
1. What crop/livestock does the farmer produce? What is the quantity of daily or yearly output?
2. What is the target market? Food processing companies? Secondary markets (wholesalers/retailers)? Direct consumers?
3. How does the farm output (profits) affect the farmer's (including his/her family's) access to proper nutrition, health services, education, safe drinking water and a decent accommodation?
4. What is the frequency of output? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? (over a period of three months, six months or all year round?)
Setting thresholds to classify small farms in terms of total output (tonnes) per crop or quantity per livestock will be more appropriate for research and I believe that this can be adapted to regional and national realities for policy and planning purposes.
Abubakar Shaibu-Salami
Agriteer Agricultural and Technological Services Limited
8 Mokola Roundabout,
Oyo Road,
Ibadan
Nigeria
+2348138150194
E-mail: abubakarshaibusalami(at)gmail.com ; abubakar.shaibu-salami(at)agriteer.com
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