trends up to 2015 by assuming different patterns of growth. The results show that agriculture-led growth has a larger poverty …

living. The authors of Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture: Economywide Perspectives from Country Studies argue … increased, more efficient public investment in agriculture and agricultural markets and propose new directions for future …

Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs … 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has … served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades (World Bank, 2007). Moreover, agriculture is the most …

transfers to the rest of the economy, thus providing a powerful argument to raise public expenditure on agriculture to make a …

countries of the Southern African Development Community on agriculture. Findings show negative welfare results for regional …