The Role of Government in Bottom of the Pyramid Thinking

The Role of Government in Bottom of the Pyramid Thinking

Africa is a place with extremities. There is abundance of arable land and sufficient amount of water sources for agriculture. On the other hand, the bulk of the population live in abject poverty hence hunger is a permanent resident in their household. All the grants and loans availed to the continents governments have not made any significant impact on the hunger situation. The banks on the continent require security for their loans, yet the rural people have no property other than their land which is communally owned.
I have the opinion that the continents governments can help solve this dilemma in the following way.
Governments in Africa have the agricultural extension staff charged with providing technical guidance to farmers. Given the size of land holding by a farmer, the type of agricultural activity that can be carried out on this holding and profitably so, can be determined. The farmers knowledge of the agricultural practices that can be economically carried out on the holding is then assessed and the extension officers provide back-up technical knowledge to help the farmer succeed.
The next issue is for the government to provide security to commercial banks for loans to be given to farmers for the undertaking. As for marketing the farm produce, government should set up marketing boards, and also government can help farmers to form cooperative entities to improve their bargaining power.
It is only then that this lovely continent will get rid of hunger and poverty which have become synonymous with the continent.

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		4 Belay Gezahegn Director, Ethiopia
	Problems in African Agriculture not only Caused by Government Africa has been suffering from an unimaginable poverty because of a lack of efficient management of ... Sign up

		0 Elias Nyanda Project Manager, Tanzania
	The Role of Government in Bottom of the Pyramid The problem behind this problem is lack of political will to revolutionize agriculture. Government p... Sign up

		2 Bob Sutton Guatemala
	The Role of Government in Bottom of the Pyramid Thinking and Agricultural Reform I agree. In Africa and elsewhere, financial and technical assistance often is ineffective at best an... Sign up

		0 Mark Flores, United States
	Can Education Start the Process The change starts with education... Easier said than done, however tribal entities should start look... Sign up

		0 Belay Gezahegn Director, Ethiopia
	The Role of Land Management Agricultural Productivity Unless land management is efficiently applied the problem lingers on. In other words, the technical ... Sign up