. We find that the declining land-labor ratio was more important than ISI in explaining relative stagnation in agriculture … relative decline of agriculture was due to the policies of import-substituting industrialization (ISI). This was also the … period, however, that directly followed the closing of the land frontier, resulting in a declining land-labor ratio as the …

moving from contributing family workers to primary farmers. Despite their growing roles as primary farmers, women in … with respect to the management of the family farm, but it also raises questions about the sustainability and resilience of …

. We find that the declining land-labor ratio was more important than ISI in explaining relative stagnation in agriculture … relative decline of agriculture was due to the policies of import-substituting industrialization (ISI). This was also the … period, however, that directly followed the closing of the land frontier, resulting in a declining land-labor ratio as the …

's Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI), a recent internationally-validated measure based on interviews of women and men within … the same household, from six countries in Africa and Asia to identify which dimensions of women's empowerment are related …

the Africa Agricultural Transformation Scorecard (AATS). The current BR applies equal weights to the seven thematic areas …

evidence from 20 Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (Ag PERs) that have been carried out in countries in Africa South of … agriculture has begun to result in improved levels and quality of national expenditure programs for the sector. It synthesizes …, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia …

agriculture. To this end, heads of state in Africa rallied to form the pan-African Comprehensive African Agriculture Development … successful land tenure policies and property rights systems, reviews the evidence on the synergies between agriculture and …It is widely agreed that reducing poverty in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) depends largely on stimulating growth in …

plays in the process. We propose a set of indicators that uses information on available agricultural land and land … suitability to measure intensity of land use in agricultural production. Results show that half of the countries in our sample …, those with low population density, have followed a land-abundant intensification path with growth driven by new land …