First ‘e-Dialogue with a difference’ held on the future of small-scale farming (Future Agricultures) 

Future Agricultures published an article on the first e-Dialogue session, ‘Setting the Scene’ was held on July 16, and provided an overview of the challenges smallholders face and the opportunities for improvement in yields and standards of living. Small-scale farmers are among the most food-insecure on the planet, yet they are also integral to food systems across the world. With the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change, the small-scale farming sector is vulnerable and in need of urgent transformation. Experts discussed various challenges. Senior Research Fellow Avinash Kishore pointed out that with a greater demand for safer food processing, there are too many individuals (producers and processors) and not enough actors to ensure safer food processing.