Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond
Stimulating agricultural growth is critical to reducing poverty in Africa. Commercial agriculture, potentially a powerful driver of agricultural growth, can develop along a number of pathways. Yet many developing regions have failed to progress ver...
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okr-10986-94932021-04-23T14:02:45Z Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond Morris, Michael Larson, Gunnar AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL REGIONS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL FARMS COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACT FARMING CROP CROPS DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING REGIONS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC PRICES EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE EXPORTS FARM FARM POPULATION FARM SIZE FARMER FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMING FARMING PRACTICES FARMS FOOD CRISIS FOOD CROPS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SYSTEM GLOBAL FOOD GLOBAL MARKETS HORTICULTURAL CROPS IMPORTS INCOME GAINS INCOMES INTEGRATION IRRIGATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LEVERAGE MARKETING MECHANIZED FARMING MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL TRADE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SEED DEVELOPMENT SMALLHOLDER FARMS SOILS SUGAR VULNERABLE AREAS WATER RESOURCES Stimulating agricultural growth is critical to reducing poverty in Africa. Commercial agriculture, potentially a powerful driver of agricultural growth, can develop along a number of pathways. Yet many developing regions have failed to progress very far along any of these pathways. Particularly in Africa, agriculture continues to lag. During the past 30 years the competitiveness of many African export crops has declined, and Africa's dependence on imported food crops has increased. While the poor performance of African agriculture can be attributed partly to adverse agroecological conditions, experience from elsewhere in the developing world suggests that significant progress is possible. The Guinea Savannah covers some 600 million hectares in Africa, of which about 400 million can be used for agriculture. Less than ten percent of this area is currently cropped, making it one of the largest underused agricultural land reserves in the world. 2012-08-13T08:45:35Z 2012-08-13T08:45:35Z 2009-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10681093/awakening-africas-sleeping-giant-prospects-commercial-agriculture-guinea-savannah-zone-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9493 English Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 48 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Guinea |
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AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL REGIONS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL FARMS COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACT FARMING CROP CROPS DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING REGIONS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC PRICES EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE EXPORTS FARM FARM POPULATION FARM SIZE FARMER FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMING FARMING PRACTICES FARMS FOOD CRISIS FOOD CROPS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SYSTEM GLOBAL FOOD GLOBAL MARKETS HORTICULTURAL CROPS IMPORTS INCOME GAINS INCOMES INTEGRATION IRRIGATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LEVERAGE MARKETING MECHANIZED FARMING MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL TRADE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SEED DEVELOPMENT SMALLHOLDER FARMS SOILS SUGAR VULNERABLE AREAS WATER RESOURCES |
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AGRIBUSINESS AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL REGIONS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL FARMS COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACT FARMING CROP CROPS DEFORESTATION DEVELOPING REGIONS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC PRICES EMPLOYMENT GENERATION ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE EXPORTS FARM FARM POPULATION FARM SIZE FARMER FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMING FARMING PRACTICES FARMS FOOD CRISIS FOOD CROPS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SYSTEM GLOBAL FOOD GLOBAL MARKETS HORTICULTURAL CROPS IMPORTS INCOME GAINS INCOMES INTEGRATION IRRIGATION LAND DEGRADATION LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND RESOURCES LAND RIGHTS LAND TENURE LEVERAGE MARKETING MECHANIZED FARMING MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY REDUCTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCERS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS REGIONAL MARKETS REGIONAL TRADE RICE RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS SEED DEVELOPMENT SMALLHOLDER FARMS SOILS SUGAR VULNERABLE AREAS WATER RESOURCES Morris, Michael Larson, Gunnar Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond |
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Agricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 48 |
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Stimulating agricultural growth is
critical to reducing poverty in Africa. Commercial
agriculture, potentially a powerful driver of agricultural
growth, can develop along a number of pathways. Yet many
developing regions have failed to progress very far along
any of these pathways. Particularly in Africa, agriculture
continues to lag. During the past 30 years the
competitiveness of many African export crops has declined,
and Africa's dependence on imported food crops has
increased. While the poor performance of African agriculture
can be attributed partly to adverse agroecological
conditions, experience from elsewhere in the developing
world suggests that significant progress is possible. The
Guinea Savannah covers some 600 million hectares in Africa,
of which about 400 million can be used for agriculture. Less
than ten percent of this area is currently cropped, making
it one of the largest underused agricultural land reserves
in the world. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Morris, Michael Larson, Gunnar |
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Morris, Michael Larson, Gunnar |
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Morris, Michael |
| title |
Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond |
| title_short |
Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond |
| title_full |
Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond |
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Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond |
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Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond |
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awakening africa’s sleeping giant : prospects for commercial agriculture in the guinea savannah zone and beyond |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10681093/awakening-africas-sleeping-giant-prospects-commercial-agriculture-guinea-savannah-zone-beyond http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9493 |
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