scholarly journals Market Opportunities for African Agriculture: A General Equilibrium Examination of Demand-Side Constraints on Agricultural Growth in East and Southern Africa

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinshen Diao ◽  
Paul Dorosh ◽  
Shaikh Mahfuzur Mahfuzur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Side Constraints ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
African Agriculture

Are young people transforming the rural economy?

2021 ◽  
pp. 92-124
Author(s):  
Jordan Chamberlin ◽  
James Sumberg
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Age Effects ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Household Survey Data ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
African Agriculture

Abstract This chapter uses household survey data to address three questions: How might we think about the notion that the youth bring something new to farming? What aspects of young people's farming are visible with existing empirical windows? Do the young in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) farm differently? The analysis provides some support for many of the stylized assertions about the youth in African agriculture. Young households are associated with marginally higher propensities for engaging with intensification practices and commercial orientations. However, the very limited magnitude of these age effects suggests much caution should be exercised in making the argument that young people's inherent vim and vigour are important and underutilized assets for agricultural growth and transformation in SSA.

Micro-agricultural water management technologies for food security in southern Africa: part of the solution or a red herring?

Water Policy ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 515-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas J. Merrey ◽  
Hilmy Sally
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Agricultural Water ◽  
Agricultural Water Management ◽  
Agricultural Growth ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sub Saharan

This paper is based on a review of experiences with a wide range of micro-agricultural water management technologies in sub-Saharan Africa with a special emphasis on southern Africa. The major finding of the study is that these technologies have the potential to make major contributions to improving food security, reducing rural poverty and promoting broad-based agricultural growth. However, there are serious policy impediments to successfully scaling out the use of these technologies at both national and regional levels. The paper makes seven specific policy recommendations whose implementation would enable promotion of wider uptake.

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