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Awakening Africa's sleeping giant : prospects for commercial agriculture in the Guinea Savannah zone and beyond

Binswanger-Mikhize, Hans P, Byerlee, Derek, Morris, Michael

2009

Overview

Awakening Africa's Sleeping Giant' explores the feasibility of restoring international competitiveness and growth in African agriculture through the identification of products and production systems that can underpin rapid development of a competitive commercial agriculture. Based on a careful examination of the factors that contributed to the successes achieved in Brazil and Thailand, as well as comparative analysis of evidence obtained through detailed case studies of three African countries—Mozambique, Nigeria, and Zambia—the authors argue that opportunities abound for farmers in Africa to regain international competitiveness, especially in light of projected stronger world markets for agricultural commodities over the long term. This provides reasons for optimism regarding the future prospects for agriculture as a major source of inclusive growth in many parts of Africa.

• Publisher: World Bank,FAO,World Bank Publications,The World Bank
• Subject: ACID SOILS / AFLATOXIN / AFRICAN FARMERS / AGRIBUSINESS / AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES / AGRICULTURAL AREA / AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES / AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY / AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT / AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION / AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURS / AGRICULTURAL EXPORT / AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS / AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION / AGRICULTURAL GOODS / AGRICULTURAL GROWTH / AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION / AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT / AGRICULTURAL LAND / AGRICULTURAL MARKETS / AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION / AGRICULTURAL R&D / AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH / AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE / AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM / AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION / AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTIONS / AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES / AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES / AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY / AGRICULTURAL USES / AGRICULTURAL WORKERS / AGRICULTURE / Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Africa, Sub-Saharan / Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Guinea / AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION / AGRICULTURE POLICY / AGROCHEMICALS / ANIMALS / BANKING SYSTEMS / BIODIVERSITY / BIOTECHNOLOGY / BULK COMMODITIES / CARBON / CASH CROPS / CASSAVA / CATTLE / CIAT / CIDA / CIMMYT / COFFEE / COMMODITIES / COMMODITY EXCHANGES / COMMODITY PRICE / COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE / COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES / COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS / COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE / COMPETITIVENESS / CONSUMERS / COTTON / COTTON PRODUCTION / COWPEAS / CROP / CROP FARMING / CROPS / DECENTRALIZATION / DEFORESTATION / DEGRADATION OF SOIL / DEMAND FOR FOOD / DEVELOPED COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH / DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY / DISEASES / Economic aspects / ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS / ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC RESEARCH / ECONOMICS / ECONOMIES OF SCALE / ECONOMISTS / ENVIRONMENTAL / ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS / ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS / EXCHANGE RATES / FAO / FARMERS / FARMING / FARMING SYSTEMS / FARMS / FERTILIZERS / FINANCIAL RESOURCES / FOOD CROPS / FOOD INSECURITY / FOOD POLICY RESEARCH / FOOD PRICES / FOOD PRODUCTION / FOOD SAFETY / FOOD SECURITY / FOOD SUPPLIES / FORESTS / FRUITS / GDP / GENDER / GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE / GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / Guinea / HARVEST / HORTICULTURAL CROPS / HUMAN CAPITAL / IFPRI / IITA / IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME / IMPORTS / INCOME / INCOME DISTRIBUTION / INCOMES / INFERTILE SOILS / INFLATION / INPUT USE / INTEGRATION / INTEREST RATES / INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH / INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE / INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE / INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE / INTERNATIONAL TRADE / INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH / IRRIGATION / LABOR FORCE / LAND DEGRADATION / LAND PRODUCTIVITY / LAND REFORM / LAND USE / LEGISLATION / LIVELIHOODS / LIVESTOCK / LIVESTOCK FEED / LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY / MACROECONOMIC POLICIES / MACROECONOMIC STABILITY / MAIZE / MARKETING / MILLET / MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE / NARS / NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH / NATURAL RESOURCES / NEW TECHNOLOGIES / NUTRITION / OIL / OIL PRICES / OPPORTUNITY COST / OPPORTUNITY COSTS / PERISHABLE COMMODITIES / PESTICIDE / POLICY ENVIRONMENT / POLICY MAKERS / POLLUTION / POPULATION GROWTH / POPULATION GROWTH RATES / POVERTY REDUCTION / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRODUCERS / PRODUCTION COSTS / PRODUCTION INCREASES / PRODUCTIVITY / PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH / PROPERTY RIGHTS / PUBLIC GOODS / QUALITY STANDARDS / RAINFALL VARIABILITY / RESEARCH SYSTEMS / RICE / ROOT CROPS / RURAL COMMUNITIES / RURAL DEVELOPMENT / RURAL ROADS / SAFETY NETS / SALINIZATION / SAVINGS / SEED DEVELOPMENT / SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE / SOIL AMENDMENTS / SOIL QUALITY / SORGHUM / SOYBEAN OIL / SOYBEANS / SUGAR / SUGARCANE / SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT / TAXATION / TRACEABILITY / TRADE BARRIERS / TRADE POLICIES / TRANSACTION COSTS / TRANSFER PAYMENTS / TREES / TRYPANOSOMOSIS / UNITED NATIONS / UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT / URBANIZATION / USAID / WARDA / WATER RESOURCES / WEALTH / WHEAT / WOMEN FARMERS / WOOD / YAMS
• ISBN: 9780821379417, 0821379410, 9780821379424, 0821379429, 9251063044, 9789251063040