Building on successes in African agriculture
Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Roughly 80 percent of the continent’s poor live in rural areas, and even those who do not will depend heavily on increasing agricultural productivity to lift them out of poverty. Seventy percent...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2004
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| author | Haggblade, Steven |
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| description | Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Roughly 80 percent of the continent’s poor live in rural areas, and even those who do not will depend heavily on increasing agricultural productivity to lift them out of poverty. Seventy percent of all Africans— and nearly 90 percent of the poor—work primarily in agriculture. As consumers, all of Africa’s poor—both urban and rural—count heavily on the efficiency of the continent’s farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1575332025-04-08T18:26:49Z Building on successes in African agriculture Haggblade, Steven collective behavior property rights public goods agroforestry irrigation fisheries forest management rangelands plant genetic resources pest management watersheds extension agricultural extension collective action maize cassava cotton small farms dairying natural resources management agricultural policies sustainability horticulture exports extension-research linkages Agricultural growth will prove essential for improving the welfare of the vast majority of Africa’s poor. Roughly 80 percent of the continent’s poor live in rural areas, and even those who do not will depend heavily on increasing agricultural productivity to lift them out of poverty. Seventy percent of all Africans— and nearly 90 percent of the poor—work primarily in agriculture. As consumers, all of Africa’s poor—both urban and rural—count heavily on the efficiency of the continent’s farmers. 2004 2024-10-24T12:50:36Z 2024-10-24T12:50:36Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157533 en fr Open Access application/pdf application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Haggblade, Steven, ed. 2004. Building on successes in African agriculture. 2020 Vision Focus 12. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157533 |
| spellingShingle | collective behavior property rights public goods agroforestry irrigation fisheries forest management rangelands plant genetic resources pest management watersheds extension agricultural extension collective action maize cassava cotton small farms dairying natural resources management agricultural policies sustainability horticulture exports extension-research linkages Haggblade, Steven Building on successes in African agriculture |
| title | Building on successes in African agriculture |
| title_full | Building on successes in African agriculture |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Building on successes in African agriculture |
| title_short | Building on successes in African agriculture |
| title_sort | building on successes in african agriculture |
| topic | collective behavior property rights public goods agroforestry irrigation fisheries forest management rangelands plant genetic resources pest management watersheds extension agricultural extension collective action maize cassava cotton small farms dairying natural resources management agricultural policies sustainability horticulture exports extension-research linkages |
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