Principal Trends and Debates in African Agricultural Development

Green, Erik and Hillbom, Ellen and Lindgren, Mattias (2011): Principal Trends and Debates in African Agricultural Development.

Abstract

While acknowledging both the limited information we have and the great variety of local systems of production as well as the impropriety of compressing them into one all-embracing story, our first aim in this paper is to comment on existing data and with it identify some very preliminary general trends. Our second aim is to review and present what we see as the principally most important debates in attempting to unravel factors affecting Africa‟s agricultural production and productivity.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Africa; Development; Agriculture
• Subjects: N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries; N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries > N57 - Africa ; Oceania; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development > O13 - Agriculture ; Natural Resources ; Energy ; Environment ; Other Primary Products; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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