Key Messages
• Despite increased adoption of improved crop varieties, maize remains the dominant crop, indicating limited diversification.
• A greater proportion of anchored farmers (46%) participate in irrigation activities and have improved dietary diversity.
• Access to credit remains a major challenge, with less than one percent of anchored farmers securing financing, suggesting missing credit markets.
• Most anchored farmers rely on unstructured markets, with vendors being the primary market outlet, limiting accessibility to stable and profitable market.
• Weak coordination between the mainstream agricultural extension system and the mega farm support unit necessitates stronger collaboration between government agencies and mega-farm extension services at the district level....