Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Stimulating agricultural growth is
critical to reducing poverty in Africa. Commercial
agriculture, potentially a powerful driver of agricultural
growth, can develop along a number of pathways. Yet many
developing regions have failed to progress very far along
any of these pathways. Particularly in Africa, agriculture
continues to lag. During the past 30 years the
competitiveness of many African export crops has declined,
and Africa's dependence on imported food crops has
increased. While the poor performance of African agriculture
can be attributed partly to adverse agroecological
conditions, experience from elsewhere in the developing
world suggests that significant progress is possible. The
Guinea Savannah covers some 600 million hectares in Africa,
of which about 400 million can be used for agriculture. Less
than ten percent of this area is currently cropped, making
it one of the largest underused agricultural land reserves
in the world.
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AGRIBUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL REGIONS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES, AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS, AGRICULTURE, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMERCIAL FARMS, COMPETITIVENESS, CONTRACT FARMING, CROP, CROPS, DEFORESTATION, DEVELOPING REGIONS, DIVERSIFICATION, DOMESTIC PRICES, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, EXPORTS, FARM, FARM POPULATION, FARM SIZE, FARMER, FARMER ORGANIZATIONS, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING PRACTICES, FARMS, FOOD CRISIS, FOOD CROPS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SYSTEM, GLOBAL FOOD, GLOBAL MARKETS, HORTICULTURAL CROPS, IMPORTS, INCOME GAINS, INCOMES, INTEGRATION, IRRIGATION, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND RESOURCES, LAND RIGHTS, LAND TENURE, LEVERAGE, MARKETING, MECHANIZED FARMING, MINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, REGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS, REGIONAL MARKETS, REGIONAL TRADE, RICE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, SEED DEVELOPMENT, SMALLHOLDER FARMS, SOILS, SUGAR, VULNERABLE AREAS, WATER RESOURCES