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Author : Uma J. Lele,Managing Agricultural Development in Africa (Organization),B. H. Kinsey,Antonia Obeya,World Bank : Managing Agricultural Development in Africa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 0821313304
Author : Adiel N. Mbabu,Andy Hall (Researcher in agriculture and economics)
Publisher : LINK Ltd.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9789280850000
Author : United States. Agency for International Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Agricultural assistance
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073142220
Author : Lynam, John,Beintema, Nienke M.,Roseboom, Johannes,Badiane, Ousmane
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780896292123
This book—prepared by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), which is led by IFPRI—offers a comprehensive perspective on the evolution, current status, and future goals of agricultural research and development in Africa, including analyses of the complex underlying issues and challenges involved, as well as insights into how they might be overcome. Agriculture in Africa south of the Sahara is at a prospective tipping point. Growth has accelerated in the past decade, but is unsustainable given increasing use of finite resources. The yield gap in African agriculture is significant, and scenarios on feeding the world’s population into the future highlight the need for Africa to expand its agricultural production. Agricultural Research in Africa: Investing in Future Harvests discusses the need to shift to a growth path based on increased productivity—as in the rest of the developing world— which is essential if Africa is to increase rural incomes and compete in both domestic and international markets. Such a shift ultimately requires building on evolving improvements that collectively translate to deepening rural innovation capacity.
Author : Stads, Gert-Jan,Beintema, Nienke M.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This report assesses trends in investments, human resource capacity, and outputs in agricultural research in SSA, excluding the private (for-profit) sector. The analysis uses information collected by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI)—led by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) within the portfolio of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM). The comprehensive datasets were derived from primary surveys, collected through a series of consecutive data collection rounds; a small number of secondary sources, where survey data were missing or of poor quality; and ASTI’s older investment and human resource datasets. This report highlights the cross-cutting trends and challenges that emerged from the country-level data, structuring it within four broad areas: funding capacity, human resource capacity, research outputs, and institutional conditions—all in terms of whether they support or impede the effective and efficient conduct of agricultural research. This report concludes with a set of policy recommendations for regional and national-level decision makers, and other stakeholders.
Author : International Association of Research Scholars and Fellows. Symposium
Publisher : IITA
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 9789781312984
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Agricultural education
ISBN : IND:30000116380225
Author : Norman Clark,John Mugabe,James Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015064888418
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ILRI (aka ILCA and ILRAD)
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Thomas S. Jayne
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1590333446
Perspectives on Agricultural Transformation - A View From Africa
Author : Nienke Beintema,Gert-Jan Stads
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0896298671
This report is a timely input into the ongoing development agenda for Africa South of the Sahara (SSA). The 2013 report on agriculture and food systems by the United Nations' Sustainable Development Solutions Network released a set of post-2015 development goals, including recommendations that low- and middle-income countries increase their spending on agricultural research and development (R&D) by a minimum of 5 percent per year during 2015-2025, and that they allocate at least 1 percent of their agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) to public agricultural R&D. More recently, the Science Agenda for Agriculture in Africa was adopted at the African Heads of State Summit, necessitating the development of a continent-wide implementation plan. This report, which summarizes SSA's recent progress in developing its national agricultural R&D systems, is intended to serve as an important input into, and potential benchmark for, the implementation of the science agenda in SSAand the broader development agenda for the region. The analysis is based on comprehensive primary datasets by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), the most recent of which was compiled during 2012-2013.
Author : Chris Reij,Ann Waters-Bayer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781134205059
One of Africa's major untapped resources is the creativity of its farmers. This book presents a series of clear and detailed studies that demonstrate how small-scale farmers, both men and women, experiment and innovate in order to improve their livelihoods, despite the adverse conditions and lack of appropriate external support with which they have to contend. The studies are based on fieldwork in a wide variety of farming systems throughout Africa, and have been written primarily by African researchers and extension specialists. Numerous lively examples show how a participatory approach to agricultural research and development that builds on local knowledge and innovation can stimulate the creativity of all involved - not only the farmers. This approach, which recognizes the farmers' capacity to innovate as the crucial component of success, provides a much-needed alternative to the conventional 'transfer of technology' paradigm. This book is a rich source of case studies and analyses of how agricultural research and development policy can be changed. It presents evidence of the resilience and resolution of rural communities in Africa and will be an inspiration for development workers, researchers and policy-makers, as well as for students and teachers of agriculture, environment and sustainable development.
Author : Johann Kirsten
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780896297814
"Millions of Africans spend their entire lives poor, hungry, and malnourished, and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, either directly or indirectly. Despite its potential to drive economic growth and poverty reduction, however, African agricultural development has remained disappointing-whether because of underinvestment or poor returns to investments. This book, Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agricultural Development, is inspired by the conviction that effective African agricultural development requires building better institutions. It provides an accessible synthesis of new institutional economics theory and research into understanding and improving African agriculture, particularly smallholder agriculture. Interspersing theory with case studies from a wide range of countries, the book addresses such policy issues as how markets for different commodities and services function in different political, cultural, and economic contexts. It not only makes an important contribution to the existing literature, but also provides development practitioners, policymakers, and graduate students working-or intending to work-in these fields with essential knowledge and tools for addressing these challenges. OVERVIEW: Theoretical and Conceptual Framework; Exchange in Goods and Services; Natural Resources Management; and An Institutional Perspective on the State: Its Role and Challenges."
Author : Willem Heemskerk,Bertus Wennink
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Agricultural innovations
ISBN : IND:30000107440095
Author : Babu, Suresh Chandra,Blom, Sylvia
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Understanding how various entities in a policy system at the national level can contribute to improved use of evidence in policy making. Yet little research has focused in developing countries on how various actors and players in a policy system work together to achieve a set of policy goals. In this paper, we study the factors contributing to the effectiveness of a policy system. The process of policy design, adoption, implementation, and refinement requires an effective policy system as well as a capacitated and supportive institutional structure. External actors both through technical and financial assistance often support policy systems in developing countries. Poor coordination and harmonization of such assistance among various actors and players within the country can often result in undermining the very policy systems they try to strengthen. This is typical in the African agricultural development process. In this paper, we develop a conceptual framework for understanding the policy and institutional architecture of food and agriculture policy system and for improving the coordination and harmonization of the roles of policy actors and players. Applying the framework to Ghana, we map and analyze the organizational contributions of various actors and their functional characteristics. We show how such analysis can aid various policy actors in setting priorities and strategies for increasing their capacity and the effectiveness of their roles. Finally, we draw lessons for strengthening the food policy systems in developing countries through effective coordination among local and external actors.
