Innovation in agriculture differs from innovation elsewhere in the economy in several important ways. In this chapter … innovations that reduce the susceptibility of agricultural production to these uncontrolled factors. These features of agriculture …. Informal innovation and technical discovery processes characterized agriculture from its beginnings some 10,000 years ago …

This discussion paper analyzes the economy-wide impact of a series of agricultural innovations in Malawi. Using an … agricultural focused computable general equilibrium model disaggregated to reflect Malawi agro-ecological zones, we simulate three …

growth in Africa, improvements in productivity will need to be a major driver of growth in the future. Thus, agricultural … innovations are needed to sustainably increase productivity, i.e. output per unit of all inputs, while maintaining environmental … potentials in agriculture and food systems in Africa for enhanced food security. For maximum impact, the Special Initiative "One …

. For new technologies, the case of agriculture demonstrates that government has an important role in antitrust, the …