After 50 years of independence, Africa is still a profoundly agrarian continent where 2/3 of the people directly or indirectly derive their living from agriculture. The central question facing African governments and donor agencies today is “What can be done to transform agriculture in Africa? ” The most difficult challenge facing Africa is how to borrow and gen-erate new technology that is supported by an efficient set of core institutions that can in-crease agricultural productivity and reduce poverty. Building an interactive system of three core institutions – research, education and extension – has been, and will remain, a multi-generational challenge. This paper focuses on building African research capacity and gradu-ate education in A...
It is broadly recognised that vigorous agricultural growth is essential for African development, bot...
Paper prepared for the first meeting of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research held during the CG...
"This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa ca...
Today, it is conventional wisdom to speak of knowledge resources as being central to a nation's comp...
This paper examines the linkage between globalisation as a phenomenon and technology as the catalyst...
At independence in 1960, Africa was a modest food exporter while Asia was engulfed in a food crisis....
The majority of Africans still live in rural areas, and an astonishing one in three Africans, or 215...
During Africa's first two decades of independence from 1960 to 1980, priority was given to increasin...
Agriculture, the most important industry in Africa, has not provided adequate food security and econ...
This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa can...
This report, discussed during the stakeholder meeting at AGM2004 is the executive summary of the lar...
WorldAgInfo Project Solution Scenario 7: Preparing Universities for the New Agriculture. Based on th...
This book—prepared by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), which is led by IFPRI—o...
Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) has seen unprecedented economic growth since the turn of the millen...
Agricultural research and development (R&D) investment is positively associated with high returns, b...
It is broadly recognised that vigorous agricultural growth is essential for African development, bot...
Paper prepared for the first meeting of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research held during the CG...
"This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa ca...
Today, it is conventional wisdom to speak of knowledge resources as being central to a nation's comp...
This paper examines the linkage between globalisation as a phenomenon and technology as the catalyst...
At independence in 1960, Africa was a modest food exporter while Asia was engulfed in a food crisis....
The majority of Africans still live in rural areas, and an astonishing one in three Africans, or 215...
During Africa's first two decades of independence from 1960 to 1980, priority was given to increasin...
Agriculture, the most important industry in Africa, has not provided adequate food security and econ...
This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa can...
This report, discussed during the stakeholder meeting at AGM2004 is the executive summary of the lar...
WorldAgInfo Project Solution Scenario 7: Preparing Universities for the New Agriculture. Based on th...
This book—prepared by Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI), which is led by IFPRI—o...
Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) has seen unprecedented economic growth since the turn of the millen...
Agricultural research and development (R&D) investment is positively associated with high returns, b...
It is broadly recognised that vigorous agricultural growth is essential for African development, bot...
Paper prepared for the first meeting of the Global Forum on Agricultural Research held during the CG...
"This paper discusses how impact-oriented agricultural research for development systems in Africa ca...