agricultural growth

The Impacts of Public Investment in and for Agriculture: Synthesis of the Existing Evidence

Authors
Tewodaj Mogues, Bingxin Yu, Shenggen Fan, Linden McBride
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Location
https://www.ifpri.org/publication/impacts-public-investment-and-agriculture-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence-synthesis-existing-evidence

In light of a reinvigorated policy orientation toward agriculture in developing countries following recent dramatic developments affecting food prices and agricultural land use, public resource allocation decisionmakers ought to have access to the existing evidence from academic research on the impact of public investments related to and in support of agriculture.

Trends and spatial patterns in agricultural productivity in Africa, 1961-2010

Authors
Samuel Benin, Alejandro Nin Pratt, Stanley Wood, Zhe Guo
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/127142

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) provides an agriculture-led integrated framework of development priorities aimed at reducing poverty and increasing food security by achieving an average of 6 percent agricultural growth rate every year.

A 2007 Social Accounting Matrix for Uganda (documentation)
Authors
James Thurlow
Publisher
IFPRI
Publication date
soonho 13 Aug, 2012 11:47
Location
https://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/2007uganda_sam.pdf
Country
Uganda
Related Data Set
A 2007 Social Accounting Matrix for Uganda Data

This paper documents a Ugandan Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the year 2007. The SAM is based on newly estimated supply-use tables, national accounts, government budgets, and balance of payments. The SAM reconciles these data using cross-entropy estimation techniques. The final SAM is a detailed representation of Uganda’s economy. It separates 37 activities and commodities; 5 types of factors of production; and 5 representative household groups.

Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Rwanda

Authors
Diao, Xinshen; Fan, Shenggen; Kanyarukiga, Sam; Yu, Bingxin
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publication date
Location
https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/5867
Source / Citation
Diao, Xinshen; Fan, Shenggen; Kanyarukiga, Sam; and Yu, Bingxin. 2010. Agricultural growth and investment options for poverty reduction in Rwanda. IFPRI Research Monograph. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute.
Country
Rwanda
Related Data Set
Rwanda Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) 2006

Agricultural development strategies that are put forward by individual African countries delineate priorities for actions to enhance agricultural and overall development. Understanding alternative agricultural growth options and their linkages with poverty reduction and prioritizing agricultural investments are the two key components of an agricultural development strategy.

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