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amount of public funds allocated to and for agriculture and the differential attention that different types of public …
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The need to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has raised the profile of social sector investments in Africa and other developing countries. As a result, many African countries are pressured to emphasize short-term concerns related to the symptoms of poverty at the expense of the...
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accounts for the largest share of overall income inequality. But agriculture is still the rural people's major source of …
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framework of the Agricultural Development Plan (ADP), is in the process of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture … meeting the Maputo declaration of spending at least ten percent of the government's total budget on agriculture. In fact, even … under a more optimistic and efficient spending scenario, the Government of Malawi must increase its spending on agriculture …
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"Public spending on agriculture in Nigeria is exceedingly low. Less than 2 percent of total federal expenditure was … allotted to agriculture during 2001 to 2005, far lower than spending in other key sectors such as education, health, and water … beyond agriculture. There is an urgent need to improve internal systems for tracking, recording, and disseminating …
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agricultural growth. Growth in agriculture is found to benefit both urban and rural households, whereas industry-led growth …, however, is not optimistic about agriculture's growth potential, focusing more heavily on industry-led growth. Therefore, as … the 6 percent agricultural growth target of the Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program, which Kenya has …
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"Zambia has experienced strong economic performance since 1999. However, agriculture has not performed as well as the … Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which provides an integrated framework of development priorities aimed at …, is meeting the Maputo declaration of spending at least ten percent of the government's total budget on agriculture. In …
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"Over the past two decades, Uganda has experienced strong economic growth. However, agriculture has not performed as … Agriculture (PMA) and the Prosperity for All (PFA) initiative, and in support of the upcoming National Development Plan, is in the … process of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which provides an integrated …
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