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Title	Agricultural productivity in Africa: Trends, patterns, and determinants: Synopsis
Author	Benin, Samuel
ORCID	http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4313-1820 Benin, Sam
Year	2016
Abstract	Raising agricultural productivity and accelerating agricultural growth are commonly promoted as core development strategies throughout Africa, since the majority of the continent’s poor and malnourished population depends largely on farming. Despite these strategies, agricultural growth in Africa lags behind overall economic growth, and agricultural performance falls below that of other developing regions of the world, particularly those associated with Asia’s Green Revolution. Agricultural Productivity in Africa: Trends, Patterns, and Determinants, an edited volume written by research and data experts, brings together historical and current data on various characteristics of African agriculture, and presents new and updated analyses of agricultural productivity trends across countries and subregions. The book aims to improve understanding and explain trends in African agricultural productivity to identify opportunities for raising productivity and accelerating growth.
Series Name	Synopses
Publisher	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Place of publication	Washington, D.C.
Full citation	Benin, Samuel. 2016. Agricultural productivity in Africa: Trends, patterns, and determinants: Synopsis. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896298828
Language	English
Record Type	Book summary Synopsis
ISBN	9780896298828
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896298828
DOI Number	10.2499/9780896298828
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR	PR
Subject - country location	AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA AFRICA
Subject - keywords	productivity labor agricultural policies agricultural growth land ownership land use
Subject - author supplied keywords	total factor productivity Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP)
JEL Descriptors	D24 Production, Cost, Capital, Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity, Capacity Q18 Agricultural Policy, Food Policy Q15 Land Ownership and Tenure, Land Reform, Land Use, Irrigation, Agriculture and Environment
IFPRI Descriptors	IFPRI1 CRP2 ReSAKSS D Transforming Agriculture
IFPRI Division	DSGD EPTD PIM
Related Documents	Book http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/130468
Physical description	4 pages
IFPRI Web link	http://www.ifpri.org/publication/agricultural-productivity-africa-trends-patterns-and-determinants-synopsis
IFPRI Publication Ranking	Not ranked
CGIAR Research Program	CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
Requests	mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org
CONTENTdm file name	131214.pdf
Date cataloged	2016-12-17
Date modified	2017-04-13
OCLC number	967167987
CONTENTdm number	131003

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