Price Intervention in Sub-Saharan African Agriculture

2007 ◽  
pp. 51-66
Author(s):  
Andrew Dorward ◽  
Jonathan Kydd ◽  
Colin Poulton
Keyword(s):  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture

scholarly journals Scenario Planning for Climate Adaptation in Agricultural Systems

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 274
Author(s):  
Laura Schmitt Olabisi ◽  
Robert Ugochukwu Onyeneke ◽  
Onyinye Prince Choko ◽  
Stella Nwawulu Chiemela ◽  
Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Multiple Scales ◽  
Scenario Planning ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Southeastern Nigeria ◽  
Minimal Data ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture ◽  
High Uncertainty

Effective climate adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture will require coordination across multiple scales of governance. Decision-makers from local to national scales will be tasked with planning under conditions of high uncertainty, often with minimal data. Participatory scenario planning is a method for devising adaptation strategies under high uncertainty, and we hypothesized that it could also be used for identifying systemic, inclusive, and transformative adaptation options at the community scale, and for highlighting opportunities for cross-scalar collaboration. We conducted scenario exercises with two communities in southeastern Nigeria that have experienced increasing flooding and other challenges linked to climate variability. Both communities identified drivers of change that intersect with climate, as well as community-scale actions that would improve adaptation to a range of future scenarios. We found evidence that scenario exercises can stimulate communities to develop transformative approaches to climate adaptation that seek to reduce climate risk by creating new systems and processes. We also found that community-identified priorities for strategic action highlight how larger-scale interventions could coordinate with communities to adapt more effectively. Participatory scenario planning is therefore a potentially important tool for adaptation planning in regions in which future conditions are highly uncertain.

China's Engagement in African Agriculture: “Down to the Countryside”

2009 ◽  
Vol 199 ◽  
pp. 686-706 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah A. Bräutigam ◽  
Tang Xiaoyang
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Mutual Benefit ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Rural Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Economic Engagement

AbstractAgriculture is a rapidly growing arena for China's economic engagement in Africa. Drawing on new field research in East and West Africa, and in Beijing and Baoding, China, as well as earlier archival research, this article investigates the dimensions of China's agricultural engagement, placing it in historical perspective. It traces the changes and continuities in China's policies in rural Africa since the 1960s, as Chinese policies moved from fraternal socialism to amicable capitalism. Beginning in the 1980s, the emphasis on aid as mutual benefit began to blur the lines between aid, south–south co-operation and investment. Today, Beijing has established at least 14 new agro-technical demonstration stations using an unusual public–private model that policy makers hope will assist sustainability. At the same time, a stirring of interest among land-scarce Chinese farmers and investors in developing farms in sub-Saharan Africa evokes a mix of anticipation and unease.

Are young people transforming the rural economy?

2021 ◽  
pp. 92-124
Author(s):  
Jordan Chamberlin ◽  
James Sumberg
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Age Effects ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Household Survey Data ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture

Abstract This chapter uses household survey data to address three questions: How might we think about the notion that the youth bring something new to farming? What aspects of young people's farming are visible with existing empirical windows? Do the young in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) farm differently? The analysis provides some support for many of the stylized assertions about the youth in African agriculture. Young households are associated with marginally higher propensities for engaging with intensification practices and commercial orientations. However, the very limited magnitude of these age effects suggests much caution should be exercised in making the argument that young people's inherent vim and vigour are important and underutilized assets for agricultural growth and transformation in SSA.

scholarly journals Agro-Processing and Horticultural Exports from Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 90-112
Author(s):  
Emiko Fukase ◽  
Will Martin
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Trade Barriers ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
World Markets ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture

Sub-Saharan African exports of horticultural and processed agricultural products are growing in line with the major shift towards these products in world markets. Continued growth in these exports may be vitally important for expanding returns from African agriculture and for increasing its overall exports. Policy reforms such as reductions in the tariff escalation facing Africa, improvements in the productivity of agricultural processing, and reductions in trade barriers within Africa and beyond would all further stimulate exports of processed agriculture. While essential, expansion of these exports should be regarded as complements to—rather than substitutes for—development of other dynamic export sectors.

The Development of e-Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

2010 ◽  
pp. 73-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing M. Maumbe
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Effective Diffusion ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Communities ◽  
Content Development ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Agriculture Development

The rapid growth of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has led to new opportunities to improve food and agricultural production, processing, distribution, and marketing functions in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Such ICT-led transformations are expected to provide vast social and economic benefits to poor agricultural communities thus help uplift their standards of living. The process of how ICT should be applied in agriculture to raise living standards of millions of poor Africans is not yet well understood. Therefore, there is a need to deepen our understanding of ICT deployment and the socio-economic benefits expected from their application in African agriculture. Historically, some technologies failed in Africa and parts of Asia because of inadequate attention to context specific issues, irrelevance, and relatively prohibitive costs. In that regard, this chapter describes a framework for sustainable e-agriculture development in SSA. The proposed framework is based on three related models; (i) e-agriculture service delivery (ii) ICT development and diffusion pathways, and (iii) einformation flow and e-content development landscape. In order to facilitate the effective diffusion and adoption of e-agriculture, a set of “preconditions” and “e-value creation” opportunities are assessed. The identified preconditions help to filter out “irrelevant” ICT, and “e-value creation” facilitates use of context specific and demand- driven e-innovations in agriculture. The chapter identifies and discusses ICT illiteracy, ICT policy gaps, infrastructural deficiencies, and poverty as key challenges affecting the future success of e-agriculture in SSA. The chapter recommends the development of e-policies and e-strategies on e-content, e-trust, e-security, and e-value addition to promote sustainable e-agriculture development on the African continent.

Global brewers' expansion to boost African agriculture

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture ◽  
Lifestyle Related Diseases ◽  
Implementing Strategies

Subject Outlook for the brewery industry in sub-Saharan Africa. Significance Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is home to one of the fastest-growing beer markets in the world, albeit from a low base. Following the lead of SABMiller, which earned 14% of its global beverage profits from SSA in 2013 (excluding South Africa), large international brewers are implementing strategies to supply low-cost products tailored to local tastes and contexts. Impacts Increased alcohol consumption could drive an upswing in lifestyle-related diseases, creating demand for specialist medical care. Efforts to reduce alcohol consumption in South Africa through strict licensing may result in lost income for slum-based home brewers. Rising demand for beer will vary geographically -- with increases concentrated in non-Muslim states and certain sub-national regions.

The role of public research agencies in building agri-food bioscience impact and innovation capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: The challenge beyond science capability

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-125
Author(s):  
Helen J. Altshul ◽  
Larelle McMillan ◽  
Andrew Hall
Keyword(s):  
Research Capacity ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Innovation Capacity ◽  
Global North ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture

Bioscience advances present important opportunities for economic development and sustainable intensification of African agriculture. In the global North, the private sector invests heavily in applied research, whereas in Africa the public sector shoulders the burden of developing research capacity. This article explores whether public science agencies should assume an expanded role to approach bioscience capacity using a system lens – developing capability for innovation within the whole system. The article identifies the types of intervention, beyond skills development, research infrastructure and funding that could enhance the potential of bioscience as an innovation driver. Following a summary of trends, a model of the system capacities required for bioscience impact and innovation is proposed and used to analyse a case study from East Africa. The results suggest that a fundamental rethink of the role of public science agencies within the wider biosciences landscape is required, necessitating complementary investments and a more complex network of partnerships across public and private sectors.

scholarly journals Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (6) ◽  
pp. 605-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulrike Rippke ◽  
Julian Ramirez-Villegas ◽  
Andy Jarvis ◽  
Sonja J. Vermeulen ◽  
Louis Parker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture
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