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Figure 5.4 Main agricultural constraints identified by urban farmers (n ¼ 330)
One interesting result was that, at small-farm sizes, both low- and high-
income urban farmers obtain similar yields per hectare. However, for larger
farms, high-income households are able to capitalize on economies of scale
and become more e cient (Figure 5.5). This suggests that, even if land is
Figure 5.5 Average cereal yield (kilograms per hectare) between low-income
(n ¼ 120) and high-income (n ¼ 210) households in urban Malawi