The role of agriculture in development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa

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cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.countryRwanda
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2RW
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierXinshen Diao: 0000-0003-4843-1670
cg.creator.identifierDanielle Resnick: 0000-0001-6285-3461
cg.creator.identifierJames Thurlow: 0000-0003-3414-374X
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291614rr153
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.number153
cg.placeWashington, DC
cg.reviewStatusInternal Review
dc.contributor.authorDiao, Xinshen
dc.contributor.authorHazell, Peter B. R.
dc.contributor.authorResnick, Danielle
dc.contributor.authorThurlow, James
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:50:18Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:50:18Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160226
dc.titleThe role of agriculture in development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africaen
dcterms.abstractThis report provides a nuanced perspective on debates about the potential for Africa’s smallholder agriculture to stimulate growth and alleviate poverty in an increasingly integrated world. In particular, the paper synthesizes both the traditional theoretical literature on agriculture’s role in the development process and discusses more recent literature that remains skeptical about agriculture’s development potential for Africa. In order to examine in greater detail the relevance for Africa of both the “old” and “new? literatures on agriculture, the paper provides a typology of African countries based on their stage of development, agricultural conditions, natural resources, and geographic location... More broadly, the paper demonstrates that conventional theory on the role of agriculture in the early stage of development remains relevant to Africa. While the continent does face new and different challenges than those encountered by Asian and Latin American countries during their successful transformations, most African countries cannot significantly reduce poverty, increase per capita incomes, and transform into modern economies without focusing on agricultural development.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDiao, Xinshen; Hazell, P. B. R.; Resnick, Danielle; Thurlow, James. The role of agriculture in development: Implications for Sub-Saharan Africa. Research Report. 153. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896291614RR153.en
dcterms.isPartOfResearch Reporten
dcterms.issued2007
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/125252
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectpoverty reductionen
dcterms.subjectagricultural developmenten
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjecteconomic aspectsen
dcterms.typeReport

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