Små landbrug contra store jordbrug i Tanzania

Seminar om “Small- and large-scale agriculture – Tanzanian experiences”

The seminar will be conducted in English and live streamed on www.diis.dk

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use our online registration form on

https://conferencemanager.events/TanzanianExperiences/sign-up.html

And do so no later than Friday, 11 September 2015 at 12.00 noon.

Background – myth and reality

In Tanzania, small and large farms have coexisted for more than 100 years, and during that time small farms have often outperformed the large.

Andrew Coulson will examine some of the myths or misunderstandings used by proponents of large-scale farming to suggest that small-scale has little potential.

He presents

• theoretical evidence about how small farms can compete with large;
• historical information that shows how large farms in Tanzania have often found it hard to survive;
• and summaries of Tanzania’s current policies which show support for the private sector and agribusiness on a scale not seen since before independence, but that these enterprises too are finding it hard to compete.

He also reviews the present position.

Evidence suggests strongly that many Tanzanians will continue to be small farmers for at least the next 20 years, and that if the marketing system can give small farmers fair prices, they can produce surpluses of many crops.

The presentation is about Tanzania, but it is clearly also relevant to debates and discussions in many other African countries South of the Sahara.

Se også U-landsnyt.dks store tema i 2010 med 130 indlæg og artikler om landbrug, landbrugsbistand og Danida på

http://u-landsnyt.dk/tema/debat-om-landbrugsbistanden

Den indledende artikel findes på

http://u-landsnyt.dk/nyhed/13-11-09/debat-om-landbrugsbistanden-landbrug…

Speakers

* Andrew Coulson, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK

* Ole Therkildsen, Emeritus Researcher, DIIS (og blogger på Globalnyt)

Programme

Læs videre på 

http://www.diis.dk/event/small-and-large-scale-agriculture

HUSK at du indtil videre kan se hele månedsoversigten over arrangementer på http://u-landsnyt.dk/kalender