A very interesting short film about efforts to help smallholder farmers in Ethiopia to become more productive. Maybe a bit long on talking heads in suits and short on specifics, but fascinating insights into how very simple technologies — plant in rows, reduce seeding rate — can transform harvests.
Have they, though, taken account of Land constraints and agricultural intensification in Ethiopia? One hopes so, because, as any fule kno:
Highland Ethiopia is one of the most densely populated regions of Africa and has long been associated with both Malthusian disasters and Boserupian agricultural intensification.
You may need this link to Ester Boserup.