Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application

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dc.creatorYu, Bingxin
dc.creatorGuo, Zhe
dc.date2015-01-29
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:01Z
dc.date2024-08-01T02:50:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:17:36Z
dc.descriptionThe great diversity of agricultural activities and practices across the African continent has significant implications for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions, farming systems, demographics, and infrastructure to spatially disaggregate country targets into subsystem units, namely agricultural production zones. The resulting typologies highlight the limitations of simple national aggregates and reveal remarkable heterogeneity in the subsystems within the country. The typologies provide a natural linkage between national-level analysis and localized production information and can help policymakers in refining national agricultural strategies through location- and subsystem-oriented policies based on local comparative advantages and constraints. The classification is useful in identifying commonalities beyond a country’s borders and hence encourages cross learning and joint efforts in scaling up policies.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/149825
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100184
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150042
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/154059
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151457
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceYu, Bingxin and Guo, Zhe. 2015. Measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1410. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149825
dc.subjecteconomic development
dc.subjectagricultural policies
dc.subjecttypology
dc.subjectnormalized difference vegetation index
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjectpopulation density
dc.subjectproductivity
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.titleMeasurement of agricultural productivity in Africa south of Sahara: A spatial typology application
dc.typeWorking Paper

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