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Farmers who cannot save cannot invest, and any economic activity that does not generate positive savings is not sustainable. Savings are essential not only for increasing the level of capital, but to cover the depreciation of the current level of capital stock. Farmers’ capacity to invest depends on their capacity to save. This report proposes strategies to enhance farm household savings, leading to increased investment in agriculture. They are aimed at facilitating farmers’ own efforts to increase their savings and investment in order to break away from the vicious cycle of poverty and enter the virtuous cycle that can be described as ‘save, invest and grow’.