Challenges facing African agriculture -- The role of impact assessment in evaluating agricultural investments in Eastern and Southern Africa -- Economics of wheat research in Kenya -- Impact of sorghum research and development in Zimbabwe -- Ex-ante analysis of the sorghum and millet improvement...

The financial surplus of agriculture has been central to theories of the role of agriculture in economic development. Morrisson and Thorbecke (MT) have used a constant‐price social accounting matrix (SAM) framework to measure rigorously the financial surplus of agriculture and decompose the...

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Research Series focuses on how to foster inclusive outcomes in sub-Saharan African agriculture by improving agricultural productivity and expanding agribusiness opportunities. This latest analysis is structured in the following sections:...