An Updated Look at the Recovery of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | An Updated Look at the Recovery of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Alejandro Nin Pratt and Bingxin Yu |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 72 |
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Genre | Social Science |
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An Updated Look at the Recovery of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | An Updated Look at the Recovery of Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Alejandro Nin Pratt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Agricultural innovations |
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Sustainable Agriculture In sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Look Into The Constraints And Prospects
Title | Sustainable Agriculture In sub-Saharan Africa: A Critical Look Into The Constraints And Prospects PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | IITA |
Pages | 89 |
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ISBN | 9781313226 |
Resources, policies, and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Resources, policies, and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Owen Fuglie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 70 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Agricultural productivity |
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Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security in Africa
Title | Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere |
Publisher | Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2012-03-30 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 0896297934 |
Resources, Policies, and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Resources, Policies, and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Fuglie |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
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Agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains low and is falling farther behind other regions of the world. Although agricultural output growth in the region has accelerated since the 1990s, this has been primarily due to resource expansion rather than to higher productivity. Yet there is evidence that agricultural productivity growth has improved in some countries. Enhanced productivity is correlated with investments in agricultural research, wider adoption of new technologies, and policy reforms that have strengthened economic incentives to farmers. Many of the technological improvements have come from the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers. Benefits from the CGIAR in SSA are estimated to be over $6 for each $1 invested. Returns to national agricultural research are also robust, at least for large countries. But overall investment in agricultural research has remained low, and increases in research capacity will likely be necessary to significantly accelerate agricultural growth in the region. Other constraints to agricultural productivity include government policies that reduce earnings in the farm sector, the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus, and armed conflict within and between countries.
Facing Up to Food Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
Title | Facing Up to Food Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa PDF eBook |
Author | International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows. Symposium |
Publisher | IITA |
Pages | 93 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 978131298X |