HarvestChoice keeps catalogs of both raster and vector maps of sub-Saharan Africa (downloadable in either ASCII or ESRI Shapefile formats) along with their associated datasets. We also provide access to over 400 articles, survey and census reports on agriculture-related topics in support of investment targeting and prioritization decisions.

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South African Agricultural R&D Investments: Sources, Structure, and Trends, 1910-2007

Authored by:
Liebenberg, Frikke; Pardey, Philip G.; Kahn, M.
Publisher:
Agrekon, 2011, Volume 50, Issue 2, 1-26.
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The twentieth century saw substantive shifts in the structure, funding and conduct of public agricultural research and development (R&D) and related regulatory and extension activities in South Africa. Following a long period of steady (and at times quite rapid) growth beginning in the early twentieth century, real spending on public agricultural R&D has essentially flat lined since the 1970s.

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Ex Ante Analysis of the Benefits of Transgenic Drought Tolerance Research on Cereal Crops in Low-income Countries

Authored by:
Kostandini, Genti; Mills, Bradford F.; Omamo, Steven Were; Wood, Stanley
Publisher:
Agricultural Economics, July, 2009, Volume 40, Issue 4, 477-492.
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This article develops a framework to examine the ex ante benefits of transgenic research on drought in eight low-income countries, including the benefits to producers and consumers from farm income stabilization and the potential magnitude of private sector profits from intellectual property rights (IPRs).

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Generating Plausible Crop Distribution Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatially Disagreggated Data Fusion and Optimization Approach

Authored by:
You, Liangzhi; Wood, Stanley; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike
Publisher:
Agricultural Systems, February, 2009, Volume 99, Issue 2-3, 126-140.
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Large gaps exist in our knowledge of the current geographic distribution and spatial patterns of performance of crops, and these gaps are unlikely to be filled.

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Generating Plausible Crop Distribution Maps for Sub-Saharan Africa Using a Spatial Allocation Model

Authored by:
You, Liangzhi; Wood, Stanley; Wood-Sichra, Ulrike; Chamberlin, Jordan
Publisher:
Information Development, May, 2007, Volume 23, Issue 2-3, 151-159.
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Agricultural production statistics are fundamental parameters for agriculture policy research.

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