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 …

"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 …

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 …

"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 …

"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 …

small. The importance of agriculture thus should be considered in the broad development strategy, for its role not only in …

This paper is part of four country case studies that take a detailed look at public expenditures in agriculture, and at … enable the use of existing government accounts to identify levels and compositions of government agriculture expenditures …