Successes in African agriculture: Results of an expert survey

By E. Gabre-Madhin, S. Haggblade. 2004

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Abstract Using primary data from a survey of expert opinion, this paper identifies key successes emerging in African agriculture. Among these, major commodity-specific successes identified include breakthroughs in maize breeding across Africa, sustained gains in cassava breeding and successful combat of its disease and pests, control of the rinderpest livestock disease, booming horticultural and flower exports in East and Southern Africa and increased cotton production and exports in West Africa. Using a dynamic analytical framework, the paper attempts to identify key ingredients that appear necessary for building on these individual cases and expanding them into broad-based agricultural growth.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science

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Pathways for impact: scientists' different perspectives on agricultural innovation (2009, background): “Gabre-Mahdin and Haggblade (2004) report an expert survey of the successes of African agriculture, as a counterweight to the usual gloom and doom.”
Maize in Eastern and Southern Africa: 'seeds' of success in retrospect (2003, background): “Though maize research and development was the most frequently cited success story among experts surveyed by Gabre-Madhin and Haggblade (2001), even a casual review of past work reveals that the term " success " is in this case equivocal.”
Adoption of Modern Agricultural Production Technologies by Farm Households in Ghana: What Factors Influence their Decisions? (2012, background): “In Kenya, for example, a study by Gabre-Madhin and Haggblade (2001) found that large commercial farmers adopted new high-yielding maize varieties more rapidly than smallholders.”
A Policy Agenda for Pro-Poor Agricultural Growth (2004, unknown): “Sources: Bevan et al., 1993; Carr, 1997; Eicher, 1995; Eicher and Kupfuma, 1998; Eicher and Staatz, 1998; Gabre-Madhin and Johnson, 1999; Gabre-Madhan and Haggblade, 2001; Goldman and Smith, 1995; Howard et al., 1999; Mosley, 1993; Tomich et al., 1995; Wiggins, 2000.”
Adoption of renewable soil fertility replenishment technologies in the southern African region: Lessons learnt and the way forward (2007, background): “…their potential, apart from a few cases of exceptional success, some of which have been cited as examples of “successes in African agriculture” (Gabre-Madhin and Haggblade, 2004), the adoption and diffusion of RSFR among smallholder farmers in the region has generally lagged behind…”
Factors Determining Adoption of New Agricultural Technology by Smallholder Farmers in Developing Countries (2015, background): “Many studies have reported a positive relation between farm size and adoption of agricultural technology (Kasenge, 1998; Gabre-Madhin and Haggblade, 2001 Ahmed, 2004; Uaiene et al., 2009; Mignouna et al, 2011).”
De-mystifying family farming: Features, diversity and trends across the globe (2015, background): “In West Africa, institutional support for input supply and marketing increased cotton yields and income for smallholders (Gabre-Madhin and Haggblade, 2004).”
An innovation systems approach to institutional change: Smallholder development in West Africa (2012, background): “One major reason for this shifting focus is the recognized failure of African smallholders to adopt science-based technologies (Gabre-Madhin and Haggblade, 2004).”
The economic and poverty impacts of maize research in West and Central Africa. (2009, background): “In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), there have been several key successes in agricultural research (Gabre-Madhin and Haggblade, 2004; Maredia et al., 2000).”
Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications of Imposed Innovation for the Wellbeing of Rural Smallholders (2016, background): “Such top-down governance of agriculture neglects the key role which rural people play in the implementation of agricultural innovation in Africa and in determining how it affects different actors (Gabre-Madhin & Haggblade, 2004).”