Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges
The central argument in this report is that most policy research on African agriculture is irrelevant to agricultural and overall economic policy in Africa, and that the policy research community-and the agricultural economics profession in particular-must shoulder a significant part of the blame fo...
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International Service for National Agricultural Research
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| author | Omamo, Steven Were |
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| description | The central argument in this report is that most policy research on African agriculture is irrelevant to agricultural and overall economic policy in Africa, and that the policy research community-and the agricultural economics profession in particular-must shoulder a significant part of the blame for this state of affairs. A wide-ranging review of recent research reveals that agricultural economists have failed to put Africa's agricultural problems on the policy agenda in more than abstract fashions. We have failed to come to grips adequately with the real problems facing agricultural policymakers, namely, how to assess the operational feasibility of alternative policy options, and how to promote the feasibility of the most highly valued alternatives. A different approach to agricultural policy research is therefore suggested, built more on 'how' questions and less on 'what' questions and 'why' questions. Implications of such an approach for research design and conduct are drawn. Piloting action research in case studies of initiatives involving promising institutional innovations offers scope for identifying convincing 'how' answers. To implement such approaches, agricultural economists and other policy researchers require new skills and partnerships |
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| spelling | CGSpace1363542025-01-09T06:04:14Z Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges Omamo, Steven Were agricultural economics agricultural policies economic policies research policies research policies innovation The central argument in this report is that most policy research on African agriculture is irrelevant to agricultural and overall economic policy in Africa, and that the policy research community-and the agricultural economics profession in particular-must shoulder a significant part of the blame for this state of affairs. A wide-ranging review of recent research reveals that agricultural economists have failed to put Africa's agricultural problems on the policy agenda in more than abstract fashions. We have failed to come to grips adequately with the real problems facing agricultural policymakers, namely, how to assess the operational feasibility of alternative policy options, and how to promote the feasibility of the most highly valued alternatives. A different approach to agricultural policy research is therefore suggested, built more on 'how' questions and less on 'what' questions and 'why' questions. Implications of such an approach for research design and conduct are drawn. Piloting action research in case studies of initiatives involving promising institutional innovations offers scope for identifying convincing 'how' answers. To implement such approaches, agricultural economists and other policy researchers require new skills and partnerships 2003-03 2024-01-04T07:48:24Z 2024-01-04T07:48:24Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/136354 en Open Access application/pdf International Service for National Agricultural Research Omamo, S.W. 2003. Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges. ISNAR Research Report 21. The Hague: International Service for National Agricultural Research. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural economics agricultural policies economic policies research policies research policies innovation Omamo, Steven Were Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges |
| title | Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges |
| title_full | Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges |
| title_short | Policy Research on African Agriculture: Trends, Gaps, and Challenges |
| title_sort | policy research on african agriculture trends gaps and challenges |
| topic | agricultural economics agricultural policies economic policies research policies research policies innovation |
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