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A new report from the Farmer Income Lab, a think tank created by Mars, finds that 70% of farmers in the world's agricultural supply chains are living below the poverty line.
And that's not just because they can't afford to buy food, it's because they can't make ends meet, the Guardian reports.
The report, which looked at 1,500 studies on 48 interventions to increase farmer income, found that just three of them were sustainable and raised farmers' income.
"The world's food system has overemphasized the efficient production and transport of commodity crops, often at the expense of building resilient and equitable supply chains that reflect the true costs of production," the Farmer Income Lab says in a press release.
"Usually, these costs are borne by the weakest link, and in agriculture, that's the farmer.
Like Afi, many must choose between buying food or investing in fertilizer to improve their crops, between pre-selling a harvest for quick cash or having no money to spare, or between sending their children to school or having them work to support the family."
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