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

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

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 ver...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morris, Michael, Larson, Gunnar
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
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
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10681093/awakening-africas-sleeping-giant-prospects-commercial-agriculture-guinea-savannah-zone-beyond
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9493

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/06/10681093/awakening-africas-sleeping-giant-prospects-commercial-agriculture-guinea-savannah-zone-beyond
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9493

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