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Promoting Farm Investment for Sustainable Intensification of African Agriculture

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Thomas Reardon () (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
Eric Crawford
Valerie Kelly

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For African agricultural productivity to improve, governments and donors must invest in programs and policies that will improve the incentives and capacity of farmers to make investments that increase farm productivity and soil fertility while protecting the environment. With rapid population growth, agriculture must rapidly intensify if African farmers are to meet the rapid growth in the demand for food and fiber. Recent case studies demonstrate that incentives and capacity to invest in more intensive cropping technologies have declined during the last decade.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Papers with number 18.

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Keywords: food security; food policy; farm investment;

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  1. Valerie Kelly & Bocar Diagana & Thomas Reardon & Matar Gaye & Eric Crawford, 1996. "Cash Crop and Foodgrain Productivity in Senegal: Historical View, New Survey Evidence, and Policy Implications," International Development Papers 20, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Thom S. Jayne & Marcela Villarreal & Prabhu Pingali & Günter Hemrich, 2004. "Interactions Between the Agricultural Sector and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Implications for agricultural policy," Working Papers 04-06, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA). [Downloadable!]
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  3. Crawford, Eric W. & Kelly, Valerie A., 2001. "Evaluating Measures To Improve Agricultural Input Use," Staff Papers 11686, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  4. Reardon, Thomas & Kelly, Valerie & Crawford, Eric & Jayne, Thomas & Savadogo, Kimseyinga & Clay, Daniel, 1996. "Determinants Of Farm Productivity In Africa: A Synthesis Of Four Case Studies," Food Security III Papers 11271, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  5. Boris Bravo & Horacio Cocchi & Daniel Solís, 2006. "Adoption of Soil Conservation Technologies in El Salvador: A cross-Section and Over-Time Analysis," OVE Working Papers 1806, Inter-American Development Bank, Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE). [Downloadable!]
  6. Tefft, James F. & Yade, Mbaye & Kelly, Valerie & Penders, Chris & Staatz, John M., 2000. "Agriculture And Related Sectors In The Cilss Countries: Past Performance And Strategic Choices For The Future," Staff Papers 11547, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
  7. Thomas Reardon & Valerie Kelly & Eric Crawford & Thomas Jayne & Kimseyinga Savadogo & Daniel Clay, 1996. "Determinants of Farm Productivity in Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies," International Development Papers 22, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. [Downloadable!]
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  8. Crawford, Eric & Kelly, Valerie & Diagana, Bocar & Reardon, Thomas & Gaye, Matar, 1996. "Cash Crop And Foodgrain Productivity In Senegal: Historical View, New Survey Evidence, And Policy Implications," Food Security III Papers 11402, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics. [Downloadable!]
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