Goals and make essential gains in the fight for improved agricultural productivity, rural incomes, and nutrition. How to … experience of scaling up successful interventions in agriculture, rural development, and nutrition under five broad headings: (1 … of policy briefs offer important insights into how to address the key global issues of agricultural productivity, food …

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …

Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs … 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has … served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades (World Bank, 2007). Moreover, agriculture is the most …

has grown rapidly. This is due primarily to agriculture, which contributes approximately 35 percent to total GDP and … productivity and reducing poverty. A study by Alene et al. (2007) showed that a 50 percent increase in the Nigerian research budget …

economies, agriculture, and people. Findings suggest that because of the climate change impacts on agricultural production …