Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) provides an agriculture-led integrated framework of development priorities aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security by achieving an average of 6 percent agricultural growth rate every year. Initial economic modeling res...

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Main Authors: Benin, Samuel, Nin-Pratt, Alejandro, Wood, Stanley, Guo, Zhe
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152571
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author Benin, Samuel
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
Wood, Stanley
Guo, Zhe
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Guo, Zhe
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
Wood, Stanley
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Guo, Zhe
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description The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) provides an agriculture-led integrated framework of development priorities aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security by achieving an average of 6 percent agricultural growth rate every year. Initial economic modeling results to support CAADP planning indicate that, while it is possible for many African countries to reach this target, it will require substantial additional growth across different agricultural sub-sectors and commodities, as well as substantial investments to stimulate the necessary acceleration in growth. In many cases, the agricultural investments required are in excess of the 10 percent of total expenditures commitment agreed on under the Maputo declaration. This is necessary because of the moderate and slowly growing agricultural productivity across the continent. As countries enter the operational stage of CAADP investment program design and execution, mostly starting in 2011, a fundamental policy research question is how to raise and maintain high agricultural productivity across different parts of the continent, particularly technical change, given the limits to factor substitution. This 2011 annual trends and outlook report (ATOR) addresses the gap by analyzing the inter-temporal trends and spatial patterns in partial and total factor productivity, to help identify options for raising and sustaining high agricultural productivity across different parts of the continent.
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spelling CGSpace1525712025-11-06T06:19:57Z Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010 Benin, Samuel Nin-Pratt, Alejandro Wood, Stanley Guo, Zhe caadp poverty food security agricultural growth productivity agricultural research The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) provides an agriculture-led integrated framework of development priorities aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security by achieving an average of 6 percent agricultural growth rate every year. Initial economic modeling results to support CAADP planning indicate that, while it is possible for many African countries to reach this target, it will require substantial additional growth across different agricultural sub-sectors and commodities, as well as substantial investments to stimulate the necessary acceleration in growth. In many cases, the agricultural investments required are in excess of the 10 percent of total expenditures commitment agreed on under the Maputo declaration. This is necessary because of the moderate and slowly growing agricultural productivity across the continent. As countries enter the operational stage of CAADP investment program design and execution, mostly starting in 2011, a fundamental policy research question is how to raise and maintain high agricultural productivity across different parts of the continent, particularly technical change, given the limits to factor substitution. This 2011 annual trends and outlook report (ATOR) addresses the gap by analyzing the inter-temporal trends and spatial patterns in partial and total factor productivity, to help identify options for raising and sustaining high agricultural productivity across different parts of the continent. 2011 2024-10-01T13:54:59Z 2024-10-01T13:54:59Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152571 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benin, Samuel; Nin-Pratt, Alejandro; Wood, Stanley; Guo, Zhe. 2011. Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010. ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896298019.
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poverty
food security
agricultural growth
productivity
agricultural research
Benin, Samuel
Nin-Pratt, Alejandro
Wood, Stanley
Guo, Zhe
Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010
title Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010
title_full Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010
title_fullStr Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010
title_full_unstemmed Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010
title_short Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010
title_sort trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in africa 1961 2010
topic caadp
poverty
food security
agricultural growth
productivity
agricultural research
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