Strategic Priorities for Agric Devt in Africa
February 2, 2007| |
Alternative approaches are necessary if agriculture in Africa can achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015. “Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Easter and Central Africa”, a research report by Steven Were Omamo and colleagues at the International Food Policy Research Institute, recommend the following tactics to increase both agricultural and overall economic growth based on socio-economic models and tools:
- Tailoring agricultural production to demand within Eastern and Central Africa
- Encouraging a wide variety of agricultural production to match the diversity of national demands and capacities; and
- Promoting regional cooperation in agricultural development
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