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Land deals in Africa: pioneers and speculators
Collier, Paul; Venables, Anthony J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Much African land currently has low productivity and has attracted investors purchasing (or leasing) land as a speculative option on higher future prices or productivity. If land deals are to be beneficial they need to induce productivity enhancing investments. Some of these will be publicly...
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Do organic inputs in African subsistence agriculture raise productivity? : evidence from plot data of Malawi household surveys
Zant, Wouter - 2014
We exploit plot data from the agricultural module of the third Malawi Integrated Household Survey (IHS-3) to investigate how organic cultivation techniques contribute to productivity of non-subsidized local maize and what to expect from using organic inputs on a larger scale. We approximate...
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Foreign aid and sustainable agriculture in Africa
Umbadda, Siddig; Elgizouli, Ismail - 2013
high priority. Both volume and share of aid earmarked for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa not only remained low, around …
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Rapid urbanization, employment crisis and poverty in African LDCs:A new development strategy and aid policy
Herrmann, Michael; Khan, Haider - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
such a sustainable and equitable development strategy for Africa. It is necessary to reverse the trends in aid, and to …
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Rain Follows the Forest : Land Use Policy, Climate Change, and Adaptation
Grosset, Florian; Papp, Anna; Taylor, Charles - 2023
Human actions can alter the local and regional climate, particularly via land use. We assess the impact of the Great Plains Shelterbelt, a large-scale forestation program in the 1930s which planted 220 million trees across six US Midwestern states. The program led to a regional increase in...
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Agriculture in African Development: Theories and Strategies
Dercon, Stefan; Gollin, Douglas - In: Annual Review of Resource Economics 6 (2014) 1, pp. 471-492
Agriculture is the largest sector in most sub-Saharan economies in terms of employment, and it plays an important role in supplying food and export earnings. Rural poverty rates remain high, and labor productivity is strikingly low. This article asks how these factors shape the role of...
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Globalisation, structural adjustment and african agriculture: analysis and evidence
Bryceson, Deborah; Sarkar, Prabirjit; Fennel, Shailaja; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
A major purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of poor governance or ‘state fragility’ in African countries on their overall economic and agrarian performance. The results of our econometric analysis show that a higher level of public security is conducive to lower levels of...
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Policy options of agricultural biotechnology R&D in Sub-Saharan Africa: key issues and aspects
Yawson, Robert M.; Yawson, Ivy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper reviews the status of Agricultural Biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa. It addresses the potential economic … benefits to Sub-Saharan Africa and the effect biotechnology policies may have on growth, production and poverty reduction. The … property rights (IPRs) and market concentration on the development and diffusion of biotechnology in Sub-Saharan Africa is …
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Agriculture in African Development: A Review of Theories and Strategies
Dercon, Stefan; Gollin, Douglas - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), … - 2014
Agriculture is the largest sector in most sub-Saharan economies in terms of employment, and it plays an important role in supplying food and export earnings. Rural poverty rates remain high, and labor productivity is strikingly low. This paper asks how these factors shape the role of agriculture...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010783883
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EU common agricultural policy : impacts on trade with Africa and African agricultural development
Kornher, Lukas; Braun, Joachim von - 2020
The impacts of European agricultural and trade policies on agricultural development and food security in Africa are … agricultural trade flows between the EU and Africa as a whole and in the context of case studies on meat and milk; (iii) a …; and (iv) model simulations of the effects of possible reform projects on production in and trade flows with Africa. The …
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