Presentation at the African Studies Center, Michigan State University, January 22, 2015. By Milu Muyanga & T.S. Jayne, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics Department, Michigan State University, USA.
Key elements:
- Farm sizes are shrinking due to mounting population pressure in sub-Saharan Africa
- There is evidence of increasing conflicts over land
- Small land sizes are resulting in unsustainable forms of agricultural intensification
- Rapid increase in medium-scale farmers (5-100 ha) in Kenya : Who are the medium-scale farmers?
- Large Scale Land Acquisitions by Foreigners in Kenya: threat and opportunities to local population