Topics
Agroecology
Demographics
Farming
Productivity
Markets
Special Topics
Regions
Geographic Groups
Regional Entities
Income Regions
Donor Priority Countries
Commodities
Publishing Details
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Publication Date:
November 2016
Journal Title:
Food Policy
Journal Volume:
In Press
DOI:
10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.009 Abstract
Research-enabled growth in agricultural productivity is pivotal to sub-Saharan Africa’s overall economic growth prospects. Yet, investments in research and development (R&D) targeted to many national food and agricultural economies throughout Africa are fragile and faltering. To gain insight into what could be driving this trend, this article updates, summarizes and reassesses the published evidence on the returns to African agricultural R&D.
Citation
Pardey, Philip G.; Andrade, Robert S.; Hurley, Terrance M.; Rao, Xudong; Liebenberg, Frikkie G. (2016) "Returns to Food and Agricultural R&D Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1975–2014," Food Policy, vol. In Press
Additional Attributes
Primary Contact: Philip Pardey
Geographic Coverage: Southern Africa
Keywords: Africa, Agricutlural Research, Rate of Return, Research Investment, Sub-Saharan Africa