insurance, in-kind and cash support, among others to make farming attractive, thereby increasing employment and productivity. …Social protection is increasingly becoming a powerful tool for enhancing productivity and employment and is, therefore …, important for Africa's agricultural transformation. Thus, this study aims at examining how Africa's agricultural sector can be …

in Africa. Using representative multistage stratified household survey data and robust analytical approaches, findings …, land tenure, type of farming system, access to extension services, and use of fertilizer and pesticides. This study finds … mechanization on use of household and hired labor. Finally, agricultural mechanization significantly raises the productivity of …

for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions …, farming systems, demographics, and infrastructure to spatially disaggregate country targets into subsystem units, namely …

growth, we examine the sources of change in agricultural production and total factor productivity (TFP) and decompose the …

smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa rely on hand tools for farming, which implies heavy physical work and, thus, high energy …, agriculture-nutrition linkages have received a lot of attention in recent years. Researchers have analysed the link between the … third agriculture-nutrition link has been largely neglected in recent years: the impact of how food is produced on human …

paper, the effects of agricultural mechanization on time-use in smallholder farming households in Zambia were investigated … agriculture, opens the field to more studies on technology adoption and time-use and suggests that gender roles are changing with …