Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application
The great diversity of agricultural activities and practices across the African continent has significant implications for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions, farming systems, demographics, and infrastructure to spatially d...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Yu, Bingxin Guo, Zhe |
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| description | The great diversity of agricultural activities and practices across the African continent has significant implications for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions, farming systems, demographics, and infrastructure to spatially disaggregate country targets into subsystem units, namely agricultural production zones. The resulting typologies highlight the limitations of simple national aggregates and reveal remarkable heterogeneity in the subsystems within the country. The typologies provide a natural linkage between national-level analysis and localized production information and can help policymakers in refining national agricultural strategies through location- and subsystem-oriented policies based on local comparative advantages and constraints. The classification is useful in identifying commonalities beyond a country’s borders and hence encourages cross learning and joint efforts in scaling up policies. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1498252025-11-06T06:18:46Z Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application Yu, Bingxin Guo, Zhe economic development agricultural policies typology normalized difference vegetation index markets market access population density productivity farming systems The great diversity of agricultural activities and practices across the African continent has significant implications for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions, farming systems, demographics, and infrastructure to spatially disaggregate country targets into subsystem units, namely agricultural production zones. The resulting typologies highlight the limitations of simple national aggregates and reveal remarkable heterogeneity in the subsystems within the country. The typologies provide a natural linkage between national-level analysis and localized production information and can help policymakers in refining national agricultural strategies through location- and subsystem-oriented policies based on local comparative advantages and constraints. The classification is useful in identifying commonalities beyond a country’s borders and hence encourages cross learning and joint efforts in scaling up policies. 2015-01-29 2024-08-01T02:50:01Z 2024-08-01T02:50:01Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149825 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150042 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154059 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151457 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Yu, Bingxin and Guo, Zhe. 2015. Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1410. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149825 |
| spellingShingle | economic development agricultural policies typology normalized difference vegetation index markets market access population density productivity farming systems Yu, Bingxin Guo, Zhe Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application |
| title | Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application |
| title_full | Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application |
| title_fullStr | Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application |
| title_short | Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application |
| title_sort | measurement of agricultural productivity in africa south of sahara a spatial typology application |
| topic | economic development agricultural policies typology normalized difference vegetation index markets market access population density productivity farming systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149825 |
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