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| Kelly, Valerie A.; Diagana, Bocar N.; Reardon, Thomas; Gaye, Matar; Crawford, Eric W.. |
| Senegal has experienced a number of spurts in agricultural production and productivity growth since independence, yet average trends from 1960 through 1993 have been either stagnant (in terms of aggregate production and yields), or negative (in terms of real value of production). Although use of animal traction is ubiquitous, current crop production in the Peanut Basin must be characterized as low external input farming. Farmers are unanimous in their belief that the most important constraint to improving agricultural output is their inability to obtain desired quantities of peanut seed. Inadequate seed has led to lower peanut income and a diminished capacity to purchase productivity-enhancing inputs: aging animal traction equipment is not being replaced,... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Downloads July 2008 - July 2009: 37. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54051 |
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| Reardon, Thomas; Crawford, Eric W.; Kelly, Valerie A.; Diagana, Bocar N.. |
| For African agricultural productivity to improve, governments and donors must invest in programs and policies that will improve the incentives and capacity of farmers to make investments that increase farm productivity and soil fertility while protecting the environment. With rapid population growth, agriculture must rapidly intensity if African farmers are to meet the rapid growth in the demand for food and fiber. Recent case studies demonstrate the incentives and capacity to invest in more intensive cropping technologies have declined during the last decade Good macroeconomic policies are necessary by not sufficient. Even after overvalued currencies are devalued and markets are liberalized, there remain major policy and structural constraints to farmer... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Downloads July 2008-June 2009: 7. |
| Ano: 1995 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54053 |
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