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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Main Author: Haggblade, Steven
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157533
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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
title_fullStr Building on successes in African agriculture
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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