African Farmer is a free, open source online game that simulates the complex decisions and uncertainties faced by small-scale farmers living in Sub-Saharan Africa. Your challenge is to manage a farming household in a village. You need to make decisions on what to grow, what to buy and how to feed your family – and then see the results of those decisions. You must take care of your farm and your family’s health – but watch out for price rises, bad weather and disease!

The game was developed by a team from the University of Sussex and Future Agricultures Consortium, dedicated to research, analysis and comment on the politics of agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond. 

If you have problems loading the Flash game in your internet browser, you may need to download and install Adobe Flash Player.

For more information please visit http://www.africanfarmergame.org.

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