Developing sustainable agro-input market systems for farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Provides an analytical framework to uncover what hinders farmers' optimal adoption of agro-inputs in crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and a toolbox of innovative solutions to these constraints.

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This publication forms part of an FAO series of practitioner handbooks on sustainable food value chain (SFVC) development. Targeting development practitioners and policymakers whose work involves sustainable agro-input market systems development in SSA, the handbook aims to support development efforts to achieve long-term positive impacts at scale through: (1) the better design and implementation of agro-input development projects or programmes, and (2)the creation of more conducive and enabling environments for innovative agro-input-supply models to work.