Cultivating Knowledge and Skills to Grow African Agriculture : A Synthesis of an Institutional, Regional, and International Review
Africa is unlikely to register significant developmental advances. Recognizing this reality, African governments adopted in 2002 a comprehensive Africa agriculture development program under the auspices of New Partnership for African Development (N...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/629031468340199694/Cultivating-knowledge-and-skills-to-grow-African-agriculture-a-synthesis-of-an-institutional-regional-and-international-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36122 |
| Summary: | Africa is unlikely to register
significant developmental advances. Recognizing this
reality, African governments adopted in 2002 a comprehensive
Africa agriculture development program under the auspices of
New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). This
program states that larger investments in agricultural
research, extension, and education systems are required to
achieve the targeted increase in agricultural output of 6
percent a year over the next 20 years. The World Bank
initiated a series of studies on agricultural education and
training (AET) in 2005. These comprised six thematic studies
that in turn drew on analyses of 15 country cases, a survey
of donor financing trends, an operational review of Bank
investments, a survey of the literature, an annotated
bibliography, and consultations with stakeholders and
donors. The purpose of this report is to synthesize the
findings of this research and gives a set of strategic
measures for strengthening the contribution of AET to
agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The target
audiences are African practitioners and policymakers
concerned with boosting food supply and agricultural output,
donor representatives, and World Bank staff. This report
presents a case for increased investment in AET, analyzes
issues in the subsector, and outlines possible options for
policies and interventions to build skills and capacities
appropriate for the changing circumstances of African
agriculture in the 21st century. The report is organized as
follows: chapter one gives the context for agricultural
education and training in Africa; chapter two presents
agricultural education is vital for African development;
chapter three presents African agricultural education and
training in perspective; chapter four gives constraints on
building AET capacity; chapter five focuses on what guidance
can global experience provide; chapter six provides
priorities for modernizing agricultural education and
training; chapter seven gives approaches vary by AET level;
and chapter eight focuses on the time to act is now. |
|---|