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    Small Scale: Big Impact

    This policy briefing draws on a report commissioned by the UK Hunger Alliance and written by the Overseas Development Institute which investigates smallholder agriculture’s contribution to better nutrition.

    Joyce, 8, holds a chicken that was provided as part of Concern's RAIN programme to her mother Lillian Shachinda in Zambia. Photo: Gareth Bentley / Concern.
    Joyce, 8, holds a chicken that was provided as part of Concern's RAIN programme to her mother Lillian Shachinda in Zambia. Photo: Gareth Bentley / Concern.

    The extensive review included long-term quantitative analysis on how smallholder agricultural development and other variables contribute towards tackling hunger in Bangladesh, Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia, and in Kerala in India.

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