agriculture therein, and the pace of structural transformation in Africa over the last 50 years. The evolution has involved … shifting roles of industry vs. agriculture and that of government, and the public sector vs. markets and the private sector …. Government intervention in favour of industrialization in the 1960s-1970s resulted in the neglect of agriculture, poor growth …

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

accelerated growth of both agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. Vast challenges of still widespread poverty and food …

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 …

interventions in the agriculture sector have made important contributions to GDP growth. This growth has been accompanied by a … structural transformation that Ethiopia has shown in the last decade, including a continuous decline in the role of agriculture … and rise in that of services, have led to reallocation of jobs and labour from low-productivity agriculture to more …

combined with the absence of major technological change in agriculture and any significant structural transformation of the …

The role of agriculture in development remains much debated. This paper takes an empirical perspective and focuses on … evidence indicates that agriculture is significantly more effective than non-agriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest … not fundamentally unequal. However, when it comes to the better-off poor (reflected in the $2-day measure), non-agriculture …

have affected progress in the agriculture sector suggests the need for concerted reorientation in existing strategies … of agriculture in Mozambique within a long-term perspective, focusing on the adoption and stabilization of an …