Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Uganda
Title | Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Allen Kebba, and Nelson Ofwono |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 60 |
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Genre | Social Science |
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Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Uganda
Title | Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Benin |
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Pages | 51 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Agriculture |
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Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being: an analysis of prospective scenarios for Uganda
Title | Productive public investment in agriculture for economic recovery with rural well-being: an analysis of prospective scenarios for Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Sánchez, M.V., Cicowiez, M., Pereira Fontes, F. |
Publisher | Food & Agriculture Org. |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 2022-02-21 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9251358044 |
This study highlights how, through a series of scenarios, public investments promoting agricultural productivity in Uganda could drive growth in agrifood production, with favourable impacts on the economy, on well-being and on poverty, especially in rural areas. Using a modelling tool to represent the Ugandan economy, with its multiple sectors and current fiscal constraints, the study ranked the subsectors of Uganda’s agriculture that, through the productivity impact of public investments representing 0.25 percent of GDP (on average, about 373 billion 2017 Uganda shillings) during the years 2023–2025, will generate the greatest socio-economic benefits, maximizing the cost-effectiveness of the public investments. Generally, economic growth and the welfare of households, as measured by their consumption, will be positively impacted, but the impacts will ultimately depend on the sector that receives the investment, which is shown in a ranking. The agricultural sectors targeted for government investment will increase their output (and food prices will thus fall), and this will stimulate growth in non-agricultural sectors, both by increasing final demand for non-agricultural products and by lowering input prices and fostering upstream processing. Lower food prices will have a significant impact since food represents a relatively large proportion of the consumption basket of poorest households. Furthermore, labour income for rural households will increase with productivity growth, and this will reduce rural poverty. The findings of this study provide important information about the priorities of Uganda’s National Development Plan (NDP) III and vision for agriculture, as well as new priorities to be considered for enabling economic recovery with increased well-being post-COVID-19.
Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Rwanda
Title | Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Rwanda PDF eBook |
Author | Xinshen Diao |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0896291766 |
Although Rwanda has made considerable progress in recovering politically and economically from the devastating effects of the 1994 genocide, the poverty rate is still higher and the gross domestic product lower than before the genocide. Poverty reduction and economic growth would receive much-needed support from increased agricultural growth. This study assesses alternative agricultural development strategies, identifying areas in which policy reforms, together with public and private investment, can best promote Rwandan agriculture. The authors evaluate the potential of several different agricultural subsectors-grains, root crops, livestock, and others-to contribute to national agricultural growth and poverty reduction. They conclude that growth in staple crops, particularly root crops such as cassava and potatoes, has the greatest potential to encourage economywide growth and poverty reduction. Promoting the necessary staple crop growth will require the allocation of public resources to the agricultural sector to increase significantly, reaching 10 percent of the total government budget. It will also require rethinking Rwanda's earlier emphasis on promoting export crop growth, which has proved inadequate in encouraging poverty reduction while also posing environmental problems. This study makes an important contribution to the debate over the most effective development strategies for Rwanda and other Sub-Saharan African nations.Show More Show Less
Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Zambia
Title | Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Zambia PDF eBook |
Author | James Thurlow, Samuel Benin, Xinshen Diao, Henrietta Kalinda, and Thomson Kalinda |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 64 |
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Genre | Social Science |
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Strategies for Sustainable Land Management and Poverty Reduction in Uganda
Title | Strategies for Sustainable Land Management and Poverty Reduction in Uganda PDF eBook |
Author | Ephraim Nkonya |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2004-01-01 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0896291367 |
References pp. 123-136.
Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Malawi
Title | Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Malawi PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Christen McCool, and Franklin Simtowe |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Social Science |
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Agriculture employs three-quarters of the population of Malawi. It makes up more than forty percent of the economy and sixty percent of all exports. Yet productivity in agriculture--measured as the amount of output for a given amount of inputs--is considerably lower than it could be, given Malawi's agricultural resources. Efforts to expand the economy and reduce poverty must involve agriculture. Where should the Government of Malawi invest?