What is needed to advance African agriculture?

What is needed to advance African Agriculture? Steve Wiggins Overseas Development Institute

Main messages
African agriculture can advance
reasons to be optimistic
Tailor solutions to different:
problems,
regions, &
social groups

Is African agriculture in crisis?

No single way forward: Problems
Market failures
Government & policy failure
Appropriate technology lacking
Too little effective demand for output
Different circumstances, different limitations

No single way forward: territories Intensification à base de travail et/ou capital en fonction de la structuration préalable du milieu (Kano vs Koutiala) Culture d'autosubsistance intensive en travail faiblement rémunératrice forte émigration Forte Grandes exploitations mécanisées intensives en capital (fronts pionniers cotonnier, deuxième couronne péri-urbaine) Culture extensive d'auto-subsistance ou émigration. Importance de 1'élévage Faible Pression sur les ressources Fort Faible (ou trop risqué) Accès au marché Snrech 1995

No single way forward: Social Groups …. Land holding amongst small farmers (Jayne et al. 2005)

No single way forward: Social Groups Three Options (Dorward et al. at Wye/SOAS) Technology: food staples Social Protection Early start for next generation Hang In  protect & survive Education & Skills Migration: info, rights, remittances Step Out  into non-farm economy Transport, Inputs, Credit Technology Farmer organisation Step Up  intensifying farming

Summing up
Success possible
But need detailed thinking about:
Particular problems faced,
Nature of different districts, &
Differences between households

What is needed to advance African agriculture?

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