Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Africa: An Overview
Examines efforts to transform agriculture, to raise incomes of farmers, to foster structural transformation of African economies
Abstract
Agriculture is the mainstay of most African economies and economic performance in these countries is intricately linked to the performance of the agricultural sector. Indeed, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the majority of the population resides in rural areas and the majority of farmers (up to 80%) are smallholders. However, productivity of these smallholder farmers is low compared to other developing regions, and this has perpetuated poverty in rural Africa. Agriculture has the greatest potential to reduce poverty in rural Africa. This special issue looks at efforts to transform agriculture in rural SSA to not only raise incomes of farmers, but to also foster broader structural transformation of African economies.
This is an output from the ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth’ project
Citation
Lemma W. Senbet, Witness Simbanegavi. Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Africa: An Overview, Journal of African Economies, Volume 26, Issue suppl_1, 1 August 2017, Pages i3–i10, https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejx012
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Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Africa: An Overview