. A clearer picture of Chinese activities in agriculture is important as a foundation for Africans and their development … partners to more fruitfully engage with an increasingly important actor. Chinese engagement in agriculture and rural …

paper is the first in an International Food Policy Research Institute-sponsored effort to better understand Chinese … engagement in Africa’s agricultural sector. A clearer picture of Chinese activities in agriculture is important as a foundation … engagements, and investment by Chinese firms between 1970 and 2011. We find that Chinese engagement in agriculture and rural …

, including a synopsis of the new Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. It examines the United States' notifications to the … the disciplines of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture. It also provides an assessment of projected U.S. support …

CONTENTS: 1. African Agriculture: Past Performance, Future Imperatives / Steven Haggblade, Peter Hazell, Ingrid Kirsten …. The Changing Policy Environment Facing African Agriculture / Francis Chigunta, Ross Herbert, Michael Johnson, and Richard … Mkandawire; 10. The Pretoria Statement on the Future of African Agriculture …

and services. Since agriculture currently dominates Ethiopia's economy and employment, however, there is an issue as to … grow more rapidly than the agricultural sector. The slower growth of agriculture, its relative decline, concern about the … difficulty of modernizing agriculture and pessimism about the potentials for technological change in agriculture suggest to some …

Agriculture is the largest contributor to the economic well-being of most Nigerians. For the agriculture sector to … also been shown that agriculture R&D could increase agriculture growth and reduce poverty (Fan 2008; Thirtle et al. 2003 …). Therefore, research-based evidence is important to guide decisions that affect Nigeria's agriculture sector and its people. The …