Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries

Boserup and Ruthenberg (BR) provided the framework to analyze the impact of population growth and market access on the intensification of farming systems. Prior evidence in Africa is consistent with the framework. Over the past two decades, rapid population growth has put farming systems under stres...

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Main Authors:	Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P., Savastano, Sara
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	AGRICULTURE URBANIZATION FARMING INTENSITY POPULATION DENSITY DEMOGRAPHICS CROPPING INTENSITY FALLOW LAND SOIL FERTILITY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29152

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spelling	okr-10986-291522021-05-25T10:54:42Z Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P. Savastano, Sara AGRICULTURE URBANIZATION FARMING INTENSITY POPULATION DENSITY DEMOGRAPHICS CROPPING INTENSITY FALLOW LAND SOIL FERTILITY Boserup and Ruthenberg (BR) provided the framework to analyze the impact of population growth and market access on the intensification of farming systems. Prior evidence in Africa is consistent with the framework. Over the past two decades, rapid population growth has put farming systems under stress, while rapid urbanization and economic growth have provided new market opportunities. New measures of agro-ecological potential and urban gravity are developed to analyze their impact on population density and market access. The descriptive and regression analyses show that the patterns of intensification across countries are only partially consistent with the BR predictions. Fallow areas have disappeared, but cropping intensities remain very low. The use of organic and chemical fertilizers is too low to maintain soil fertility. Investments in irrigation are inadequate. In light of the promising outcomes suggested by the Boserup-Ruthenberg framework, the process of intensification across these countries appears to have been weak. 2018-01-12T20:06:37Z 2018-01-12T20:06:37Z 2017-02 Journal Article Food Policy 0306-9192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29152 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Ethiopia Malawi Niger Nigeria Tanzania Uganda
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topic	AGRICULTURE URBANIZATION FARMING INTENSITY POPULATION DENSITY DEMOGRAPHICS CROPPING INTENSITY FALLOW LAND SOIL FERTILITY
spellingShingle	AGRICULTURE URBANIZATION FARMING INTENSITY POPULATION DENSITY DEMOGRAPHICS CROPPING INTENSITY FALLOW LAND SOIL FERTILITY Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P. Savastano, Sara Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries
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description	Boserup and Ruthenberg (BR) provided the framework to analyze the impact of population growth and market access on the intensification of farming systems. Prior evidence in Africa is consistent with the framework. Over the past two decades, rapid population growth has put farming systems under stress, while rapid urbanization and economic growth have provided new market opportunities. New measures of agro-ecological potential and urban gravity are developed to analyze their impact on population density and market access. The descriptive and regression analyses show that the patterns of intensification across countries are only partially consistent with the BR predictions. Fallow areas have disappeared, but cropping intensities remain very low. The use of organic and chemical fertilizers is too low to maintain soil fertility. Investments in irrigation are inadequate. In light of the promising outcomes suggested by the Boserup-Ruthenberg framework, the process of intensification across these countries appears to have been weak.
format	Journal Article
author	Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P. Savastano, Sara
author_facet	Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P. Savastano, Sara
author_sort	Binswanger-Mkhize, Hans P.
title	Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries
title_short	Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries
title_full	Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries
title_fullStr	Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries
title_full_unstemmed	Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries
title_sort	agricultural intensification : the status in six african countries
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29152
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Agricultural Intensification : The Status in Six African Countries

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