Population growth alone dictates that global food supplies must increase by over 50% in coming decades. Advances in technology offer an array of opportunities to meet this demand, but history shows that these can be fully realised only within an enabling policy environment. Sustaining Global Food Security makes a compelling case that recent technological breakthroughs […]
Youth and jobs in rural Africa: Beyond stylized facts
The share of working-age young people in Africa south of the Sahara has risen due to past declines in mortality coupled with high fertility. This “youth bulge” has created a sense of urgency among national governments and the international development community as the prospect of widespread youth unemployment in Africa, and the social instability and […]
2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes
The 2019 Annual Trends and Outlook Report from ReSAKSS applies a gender lens to key issues that must be addressed to fully achieve the Malabo Declaration goals for inclusive agricultural growth. Its fourteen chapters examine the intersections between gender and (1) the context and institutions within which rural people operate; (2) the natural resources that […]
Are medium‐scale farms driving agricultural transformation in sub‐Saharan Africa?
This study presents evidence of profound farm‐level transformation in parts of sub‐Saharan Africa, identifies major sources of dynamism in the sector, and proposes an updated typology of farms that reflects the evolving nature of African agriculture. Repeat waves of national survey data are used to examine changes in crop production and marketed output by farm […]
New challenges for women’s land rights in Africa
Re-post from IFPRI.ORG. A new wave of gender-related land reforms has swept across Africa south of the Sahara in recent years. These reforms have incorporated innovative approaches to land administration, including legal provisions protecting women’s land rights, and efforts to minimize gender inequalities concerning land, housing, and property rights. In 2003, for instance, the African […]
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