Africa needs jobs – productive employment for the many millions of young people who seek their first job every year, many of them in rural areas. The agricultural sector offers huge potential for productive employment. 

A study by the “Malabo Montpellier Panel” describes the state of mechanization of agriculture in Africa and testifies to considerable increases in productivity by agricultural machinery and shows: Mechanization can certainly lead to more employment.

• How and under what conditions does this work in smallholder African agriculture?
• What possibilities does an inter-company use offer?