The Role of Agriculture in African Development

Diao, Xinshen; Hazell, Peter; Thurlow, James

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.06.011

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“…De Janvry and Sadoulet further note the consensus and recognition from 2000 onwards among multi-lateral development agencies and SSA governments on the key role of agriculture, following decades of neglect of agriculture. Several other studies reach similar conclusions (see contributions in the same supplement of the Journal of African Economies, Valdés and Foster (2010), Diao et al (2010), Block (2010), Nin-Pratt et al(2009) and Christiaensen et al (2011)). …”

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Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

Zant

2014

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Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

Zant

2014

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“…With small-scale irrigation, farmers can produce off-season, as they can supplement their crops with water in the case of mid-season dry spells or shortages. In other words, small-scale irrigation farming reduces climate risks, improves crop production and reduces agricultural production's overdependence on rainfall [34,52].…”

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Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

Mango¹,

Makate²,

Tamene³

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This article concerns the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming as a climate-smart agriculture practice and its influence on household income in the Chinyanja Triangle. Chinyanja Triangle is a region that experiences mid-season dry spells and an increase in occurrences of drought due to low and erratic rainfall patterns which is attributed largely to climate variability and change. This poses high agricultural production risks, which aggravate poverty and food insecurity. For this region, adoption of small-scale irrigation farming as a climate-smart agriculture practice is very important. Through a binary logistic and ordinary least squares regression, the article determines factors that influence the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming as a climate-smart agriculture practice and its influence on income among smallholder farmers. The results show that off-farm employment, access to irrigation equipment, access to reliable water sources and awareness of water conservation practices, such as rainwater harvesting have a significant influence on the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming. On the other hand, the farmer’s age, distance travelled to the nearest market and nature of employment negatively influenced the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming decisions. Ordinary least squares regression results showed that the adoption of small-scale irrigation farming as a climate-smart agriculture practice has a significant positive influence on agricultural income. We therefore conclude that to empower smallholder farmers to quickly respond to climate variability and change, practices that will enhance adoption of small-scale irrigation farming in the Chinyanja Triangle are critical as this will significantly impact on agricultural income.

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“…According to Byerlee et al (2009), the impact of agricultural productivity growth on the poverty reduction is the direct result of increasing farm incomes, but most of them are indirectly obtained through employment and food prices. According to Grabowski (2011) and Diao et al (2010), the agricultural growth and productivity have a greater poverty reduction effect than the non-agricultural growth. De Janvry and Sadoulet (2010) analyse the effects of agricultural productivity on reducing poverty, pointing out that there is an inverse relationship between rising land productivity and reducing rural poverty.…”

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“…Intensifying the effect of agriculture on the reduction of working poverty, by increasing agricultural productivity, requires investing into the rural infrastructure and agricultural technology (Ravallion 2009), as well as the intensification of farming systems through yield-enhancing technologies (Diao et al 2010). According to Špička and Machek (2015), the farming intensity is a key determinant of the technical efficiency in agriculture.…”

Section: The Role Of Agriculture In Reducing Poverty: a Short Literatmentioning

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Improving agricultural performance for the working poverty reduction in the European Union

Herman¹

2016

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Th e main objective of the paper is to highlight the impact of agricultural performance on working poverty in the EU countries, in the 2008-2013 period, for identifying some measures that need to be taken to increase the agricultural performance so that the in-work poverty reduces. Th e comparative analysis shows that agricultural performance, according to the agricultural indicators analysed and the phenomenon of working poverty vary signifi cantly across the EU countries. Th e correlation and regression analysis results suggest that the high level of employment in agriculture in some EU countries can be mainly explained by the small scale agriculture, a high share of subsistence holdings and a low agricultural labour productivity. Th e results of the multiple regression analysis highlight that working poverty at the EU level is infl uenced positively by the employment in agriculture, and is infl uenced negatively by the economic size farm and land productivity. Moreover, the results show large cross-country diff erences in terms of agricultural performance-working poverty link, fact which emphasizes the need to take specifi c actions to improve effi ciency of the EU agricultural sector for reducing the working poverty. Th e fi ndings of the study can be useful for the policymakers to formulate policies for a decent and productive employment within a sustainable development of agriculture.

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The Role of Agriculture in African Development

Cited by 404 publications

References 17 publications

Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

Do Organic Inputs in African Subsistence Agriculture Raise Productivity? Evidence from Plot Data of Malawi Household Surveys

Adoption of Small-Scale Irrigation Farming as a Climate-Smart Agriculture Practice and Its Influence on Household Income in the Chinyanja Triangle, Southern Africa

Improving agricultural performance for the working poverty reduction in the European Union

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