Awakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond

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dc.creatorLarson, Gunnar
dc.creatorMorris, Michael
dc.date2012-08-13T08:45:35Z
dc.date2012-08-13T08:45:35Z
dc.date2009-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:37:30Z
dc.descriptionStimulating 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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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10681093/awakening-africas-sleeping-giant-prospects-commercial-agriculture-guinea-savannah-zone-beyond
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/9493
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/9493
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/407635
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationAgricultural and Rural Development Notes; No. 48
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectAGRIBUSINESS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL LAND
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL REGIONS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL STRATEGIES
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL WORKERS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCOMMERCIAL FARMS
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectCONTRACT FARMING
dc.subjectCROP
dc.subjectCROPS
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPING REGIONS
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC PRICES
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT GENERATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFARM
dc.subjectFARM POPULATION
dc.subjectFARM SIZE
dc.subjectFARMER
dc.subjectFARMER ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subjectFARMERS
dc.subjectFARMING
dc.subjectFARMING PRACTICES
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFOOD CRISIS
dc.subjectFOOD CROPS
dc.subjectFOOD SECURITY
dc.subjectFOOD SYSTEM
dc.subjectGLOBAL FOOD
dc.subjectGLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subjectHORTICULTURAL CROPS
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME GAINS
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINTEGRATION
dc.subjectIRRIGATION
dc.subjectLAND DEGRADATION
dc.subjectLAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectLAND RESOURCES
dc.subjectLAND RIGHTS
dc.subjectLAND TENURE
dc.subjectLEVERAGE
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMECHANIZED FARMING
dc.subjectMINISTRIES OF AGRICULTURE
dc.subjectPOVERTY LEVELS
dc.subjectPOVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectPRODUCTION SYSTEMS
dc.subjectREGIONAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectREGIONAL INTEGRATION AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectREGIONAL MARKETS
dc.subjectREGIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectRICE
dc.subjectRURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectRURAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectSEED DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSMALLHOLDER FARMS
dc.subjectSOILS
dc.subjectSUGAR
dc.subjectVULNERABLE AREAS
dc.subjectWATER RESOURCES
dc.titleAwakening Africa’s Sleeping Giant : Prospects for Commercial Agriculture in the Guinea Savannah Zone and Beyond

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