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Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing …, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food … scenario maps, models, figures, and detailed analysis, the editors and contributors of Southern African Agriculture and Climate …
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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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amount of public funds allocated to and for agriculture and the differential attention that different types of public …
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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 … order to meet the CAADP target, the Government of Zambia must increase its spending on agriculture in real value terms by … Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which provides an integrated framework of development priorities aimed at …
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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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"This report provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa's smallholder agriculture to … traditional theoretical literature on agriculture's role in the development process and discusses more recent literature that … remains skeptical about agriculture's development potential for Africa. In order to examine in greater detail the relevance …
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