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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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Tables

Table 2.1
Factors involved in attaining food security

Table 2.2
The extent of child malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa farming systems

Table 3.1
Farming systems of Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East

Table 3.2
Major animal production systems in African agro-ecological zones

Table 3.3
Irrigated land in farming systems in Africa in 2000

Table 3.4
Proportions of rainfed areas and production totals in 1995 and projected to 2021-25 in Africa

Table 3.5
Indicators for priority assessment in ten major African farming systems

Table 3.6
Major characteristics of suggested priority farming systems

Table 3.7
Productivity trends for various commodities in the suggested priority farming systems

Table 4.1
Gaps in rice yields in various rice ecologies and most relevant constraints to current production

Table 4.2
Yield increase in maize due to the adoption of a technology package, comprising improved varieties, fertilizers and pesticides

Table 4.3
Constraints to and strategies for adoption of cereal (sorghum and millet) production in the West African semi-arid tropics

Table 4.4
The top ten livestock diseases/pathogens according to their impact on the poor

Table 5.1
Classification of African countries by the size of their national agricultural research system

Table 5.2
Composition of expenditures and researchers in agricultural research and development in selected African countries, 2000

Table 5.3
Agricultural R&D intensity ratios in selected African countries for 1981, 1991, and 2000

Table 5.4
Rates of return to selected agricultural research projects or programs by geographical region

Table 6.1
Comparative cost of graduate degrees in agriculture in various universities

Table 7.1
Net gains in economic welfare from global trade liberalization towards 2025

Table 7.2
Returns to government investments in rural Uganda

Table 8.1
Target audiences and time frames for impact of strategic recommendations


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