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 …

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 …