Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development
The evolution of agricultural research and development policy in Zambia is emblematic of the quiet crisis in African agricultural research. Zambia, a medium-sized country that has avoided internal conflict, has, until recently, been spared from natural disasters. It has also enjoyed periods of relat...
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2006
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| author | Elliott, Howard Perrault, Paul T. |
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| description | The evolution of agricultural research and development policy in Zambia is emblematic of the quiet crisis in African agricultural research. Zambia, a medium-sized country that has avoided internal conflict, has, until recently, been spared from natural disasters. It has also enjoyed periods of relative economic well-being and institutional growth based on its copper industry. Zambia has a number of distinct agricultural regions that generally have good (but not always effective) access to water resources and promising agricultural potential. This potential has not been realized because of post-independence national policies that involved a suite of state interventions, which became unsustainable with falling copper revenues. In the past decade, Zambia has largely adhered to structural adjustment measures; however, as a consequence, its agricultural R&D institutions have lost significant key resources and subsequently credibility, when the research agenda failed to evolve quickly enough to respond to, much less lead, the changes in the economy. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1605792025-11-06T03:56:13Z Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development Elliott, Howard Perrault, Paul T. agricultural innovation agricultural economics agricultural research The evolution of agricultural research and development policy in Zambia is emblematic of the quiet crisis in African agricultural research. Zambia, a medium-sized country that has avoided internal conflict, has, until recently, been spared from natural disasters. It has also enjoyed periods of relative economic well-being and institutional growth based on its copper industry. Zambia has a number of distinct agricultural regions that generally have good (but not always effective) access to water resources and promising agricultural potential. This potential has not been realized because of post-independence national policies that involved a suite of state interventions, which became unsustainable with falling copper revenues. In the past decade, Zambia has largely adhered to structural adjustment measures; however, as a consequence, its agricultural R&D institutions have lost significant key resources and subsequently credibility, when the research agenda failed to evolve quickly enough to respond to, much less lead, the changes in the economy. 2006 2024-11-21T09:51:12Z 2024-11-21T09:51:12Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160579 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Elliott, Howard and Perrault, Paul T. 2006. Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development. In Agricultural R&D in the developing world: too little, too late? Pardey, Philip G.; Alston, Julian M.; Piggot, Roley R. (Eds.) Chapter 9. Pp. 227-256. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/089629756X.Ch9. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural innovation agricultural economics agricultural research Elliott, Howard Perrault, Paul T. Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development |
| title | Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development |
| title_full | Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development |
| title_short | Zambia: A quiet crisis in African research and development |
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| topic | agricultural innovation agricultural economics agricultural research |
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