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<br>Peter B. R. Hazell, Professorial Research Associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Atiqur Rahman, Consultant, International Fund for Agricultural Development <br>Peter Hazell trained as an agriculturalist in the UK before completing his PhD in agricultural economics at Cornell University. He had a long career as a research economist at the World Bank and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), including serving as director of the environment and production technology division and the development strategy and governance division. He has been Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and a Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His extensive and widely cited publications include works on new methods of using mathematical programming to solve farm and agricultural sector planning problems; the impact of technological change on growth and poverty reduction; the appropriate role of agricultural insurance in developing countries; and agriculture's growth linkages to the rural non-farm economy. He has worked throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Central America. <br>Atiqur Rahman has held various managerial, research, and teaching positions at IFAD and previously worked at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies. He was a visiting Professor at the University of California, Riverside and an Adjunct Professor at John Cabot University, Rome. He was the lead co-coordinator and researcher of the IFAD 2001 Rural Poverty Report. He has published widely.<br>
Foreword ; 1. Introduction ; PART I: THE STATE OF SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD ; 2. On Being a Smallholder ; 3. Right Place, Right Time: The State of Smallholders in Sub-Saharan Africa ; 4. Smallholder Farming in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges and Opportunities ; 5. The State of Smallholders in Agriculture in Latin America ; PART II: THE BUSINESS AGENDA FOR SMALLHOLDERS ; 6. Targeting Investments to Link Farmers to Markets: A Framework for Capturing the Heterogeneity of Smallholder Farmers ; 7. Promoting Small Farmer Market Access in Asia: Issues, Experiences, and Mechanisms ; 8. Financing Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries ; 9. Improving Farmers' Access to Agricultural Inputs and Finance: Approaches and Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa ; 10. Corporate Agribusiness Development and Small Farms ; 11. A Twenty-First Century Balancing Act: Smallholder Farm Technology and Cost-Effective Research ; 12. Farmers as Entrepreneurs: Sources of Agricultural Innovation in Africa ; PART III: ENHANCED LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALLHOLDERS ; 13. The Changing Rural World and Livelihood Options for Resource-Poor Rural People ; 14. Securing Land Rights for Smallholder Farmers ; 15. Empowering Women to Become Farmer Entrepreneurs: Case Study of an NGO Supported Programme in Bangladesh ; 16. Securing a Future for Smallholder Farmers in an Era of Climate Change ; 17. Rural Non-Farm Economy: Current Understandings, Policy Options, and Future Possibilities ; 18. Conclusion: The Policy Agenda