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Realizing the Promise and Potential of African Agriculture
Front Matter
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
2. Food Security
3. Production Systems
4. Science and Technology
5. Impact-oriented Research
6. New Agricultural Scientists
7. Markets and Policies
8. Recommendations
Annex A. Priority Issues
Annex B. Strategic Actions
Annex C. Biographies
Annex D. Glossary
Annex E. Abbreviations
Annex F. Boxes, Figures, & Tables
Boxes
Figures
Tables
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Boxes

Box 1.1
Letter from the Secretary-General of the United Nations

Box 3.1
Importance of livestock in African farming systems

Box 3.2
Farming system characteristics

Box 3.3
Systematically disentangling factors that affect growth and yield

Box 3.4
Yield gap analysis

Box 3.5
Best technical means

Box 4.1
Production potential of Sub-Sahara Africa

Box 4.2
New Rice for Africa (NERICA)

Box 4.3
Grazing land requirements and manure for arable farming

Box 4.4
Lethal animal diseases constrain production

Box 4.5
Putting Africa's rich biodiversity to work

Box 4.6
Agroforestry

Box 4.7
The challenge of integrated water resource management

Box 4.8
Legumes and plant-bacteria associations

Box 4.9
Multidisciplinary fight against Striga

Box 4.10
African Agriculture Technology Foundation

Box 4.11
Some promising biotechnologies

Box 4.12
Application and adoption of biotechnologies

Box 4.13
Enhancing the benefits of intercropping maize and sesame

Box 4.14
The evolution of crop-livestock systems in West Africa

Box 4.15
Nutrient monitoring at farm level (NUTMON)

Box 5.1
The evolution of African universities

Box 5.2
Institutional innovations

Box 5.3
New thoughts on agricultural extension

Box 5.4
Roles of information and communications technology in the participatory knowledge quadrangle

Box 5.5
North African National Agricultural Research Systems

Box 7.1
The benefits of globalization and trade liberalization to Africa

Box 7.2
Increased investment in infrastructure lifts productivity and benefits the poor


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