high priority. Both volume and share of aid earmarked for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa not only remained low, around …Although agriculture is important for the livelihood of most Africans, especially the poor, donors did not accord it a …

One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity …. Governments, donors, and foreign investors have underinvested in African agriculture even though research evidence shows that … Moments to examine whether official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture and rural development is helping to boost …

both food security and agriculture prevailed. But a long-run trend of declining foreign assistance to agriculture appears …

used to achieve the joint objectives of development, mitigation of and adaptation to climate change in agriculture in the … developing world. The results show that agriculture is underinvested and foreign aid has not increased sufficiently to assist … developing countries achieve sustainable agriculture; substantial funds are needed to finance the wide range of measures for …

Agriculture plays an important role in terms of employment and its contribution to gross domestic product in many … African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural … went into agriculture, forestry, and fishing, while education received 10.3 per cent, population and reproductive health 11 …

Over the past two decades, donors increasingly linked foreign aid to democracy objectives in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet … and how foreign aid affects the process of democratic consolidation in sub-Saharan Africa by examining two potential … consolidation. Economic aid, on the other hand, has no effect on democratic consolidation. -- Africa ; democratic consolidation …

change in Africa. Africa's development partners have devoted too few resources and too little attention to two critical …