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245 00 a| Agriculture in Africah| [electronic resource] :b| telling myths from facts /c| Luc Christiaensen and Lionel Demery, editors.;

260 a| Washington, D.C. :b| International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank,;

300 a| xxvi, 162 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

490 1 a| Directions in Development. Agriculture and Rural Development;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

505 00 g| Ch. 1. Myths Become Realities -- Or Do They? / Luc Christiaensen and Lionel Demery -- Motivation and Opportunity -- Emerging Messages -- Annex 1At| LSMS-ISA Data --g| Annex 1Bt| Companion Papers --t| Notes --t| Additional Reading --g| ch. 2t| Updated View of African Factor Markets / Christopher B. Barrett -- Overview -- Issue: Is Factor Market Failure Widespread? --t| Analysis: Testing the Separation Hypothesis --t| Results: Market Failure Is Pervasive in Rural Africa --t| Implications --t| Additional Reading -- Ch. 3. Smallholder Land Access: A New Landscape in Africa? / Fang Xia --t| Overview --t| Issue: Do Land Markets Support Structural Change in Africa? --t| Analysis: From the Bird's Eye View to the Details --t| Results: Land Markets Support Structural Change in Africa -- Implications -- Notes -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 4. Financing Agricultural Inputs in Africa: Own Cash or Credit? /r| Thomas Reardon -- Overview --t| Issue: How Are Farmers in Africa Financing Modern Input Use? -- Analysis: Combining Description with Multivariate Analysis -- Results: Use of Credit for Input Purchases Is Not Commonplace --t| Understanding Farmers' Decisions --t| Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 5. Revisiting the Gains from Agricultural Commercialization / Anita Guelfi -- Overview -- Issue: Does the Commercialization of Agriculture Harm Nutrition? -- Analysis: Back to the Data and More Recent Evidence --t| Results: Little Evidence of a Link between Nutrition and Commercialization --t| Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 6. Agricultural Labor Is Not So Unproductive in Africa /r| Ellen B. McCullough -- Overview --t| Issue: Is Labor So Unproductive in African Agriculture? --t| Analysis: Comparing Micro with Macro Data --t| Results: There Are Employment Gaps Rather Than Productivity Gaps -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 7. Women's Work on African Farms /r| Talip Kilic --t| Overview -- Issue: Who Does the Farming? --t| Analysis: New Gender-Disaggregated Data Provide Insights --t| Results: From Myths to Facts -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 8. Households in Rural Africa Still Rely on Agriculture /r| Alberto Zezza --t| Overview -- Issue: Is Africa Any Different? -- Analysis: Measuring Diversification --t| Results: Agriculture Still Dominates in Rural Africa -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 9. Nonfarm Enterprises in Rural Africa /r| Wim Naude --t| Overview --t| Issue: Survival or Opportunity? -- Analysis: Combining Description with Analysis --t| Results: The Conventional View Is Confirmed -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 10. Use of Modern Inputs Viewed from the Field /r| Christopher B. Barrett --t| Overview --t| Issue: Do Farmers Use Modern Inputs? -- Analysis: Measuring and Understanding Input Use --t| Results: 10 Key Messages -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 11. African Agriculture Is Intensifying -- But Not by Much /r| Sara Savastano --t| Overview -- Issue: We Expected a Virtuous Cycle -- Analysis: Has There Been a Virtuous Cycle? --t| Results: Little Sign of a Virtuous Cycle --t| Implications --t| Additional Reading -- Ch. 12. Maize Farming and Fertilizers: Not a Profitable Mix in Nigeria /r| Wale Ogunleye --t| Overview -- Issue: How Profitable Is Fertilizer Use? -- Nigerian Context --t| Analysis: Estimating Maize Yields and Profitability in Nigeria --t| Results: Fertilizer Is Not Profitable for Many Maize Farmers --t| Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 13. Do Trees on Farms Matter in African Agriculture? / Luc Christiaensen -- Overview --t| Issue: Can Trees on African Farms Be Safely Ignored? -- Analysis: Trees in African Agricultural Landscapes -- Results: Trees Are Significant on Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa --t| Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 14. Coping with Shocks: The Realities of African Life /r| Ruth Hill -- Overview -- Issue: Is Drought the Only or Main Risk? --t| Analysis: What Do People Say? -- Results: Shocks Are Many and Come in Many Ways --t| Implications --t| Note --t| Additional Reading -- Ch. 15. Remoteness and Maize Price Volatility in Burkina Faso / Tristan Le Cony -- Overview -- Issue: Does Remoteness Imply Greater Maize Price Volatility? -- Analysis: Understanding the Links between Remoteness and Price Volatility --t| Results: Remoteness Affects Price Volatility -- Implications --t| Additional Reading -- Ch. 16. Refreshing Perspective on Seasonality / Jonathan Kaminski --t| Overview -- Issue: Is Seasonality in Food Prices and Food Consumption Important? --t| Analysis: Challenges in Estimating Seasonality -- Results: Seasonality Is Still Very Much Present --t| Implications -- Note -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 17. Food Loss: What Do African Farmers Say? / Luc Christiaensen -- Overview --t| Issue: How Large is Postharvest Loss Really? -- Analysis: Ask the Farmers -- Results: Postharvest Loss Limited, But Concentrated --t| Implications --t| Note.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| The essays in this publication exploit newly gathered, nationally representative, geo-referenced information at the household and plot level, from six African countries. In these new Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, every aspect of farming and non-farming life is queried-from the plots farmers cultivate, the crops they grow, the harvest that is achieved, and the inputs they use, to all the other sources of income they rely on and the risks they face. Together the surveys cover more than 40 percent of the Sub-Saharan African population. In all, sixteen conventional wisdoms are examined, relating to four themes: the extent of farmer's engagement in input, factor and product markets; the role of off-farm activities; the technology and farming systems used; and the risk environment farmers face. Some striking surprises, in true myth-busting fashion, emerge. And a number of new issues are also thrown up. The studies bring a more refined, empirically grounded understanding of the complex reality of African agriculture. They also confirm that investing in regular, nationally representative data collection yields high social returns.;

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Agriculture in Africa telling myths from facts / Luc Christiaensen and Lionel Demery, editors.

Other author	Christiaensen, Luc J.
Other author	Demery, Lionel.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Washington, D.C. : International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank,
Description	xxvi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Agriculture--Africa.

Series	Directions in Development. Agriculture and Rural Development Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Agriculture and rural development. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents	Ch. 1. Myths Become Realities -- Or Do They? / Luc Christiaensen and Lionel Demery -- Motivation and Opportunity -- Emerging Messages -- Annex 1A LSMS-ISA Data -- Annex 1B Companion Papers -- Notes -- Additional Reading -- ch. 2 Updated View of African Factor Markets / Christopher B. Barrett -- Overview -- Issue: Is Factor Market Failure Widespread? -- Analysis: Testing the Separation Hypothesis -- Results: Market Failure Is Pervasive in Rural Africa -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 3. Smallholder Land Access: A New Landscape in Africa? / Fang Xia -- Overview -- Issue: Do Land Markets Support Structural Change in Africa? -- Analysis: From the Bird's Eye View to the Details -- Results: Land Markets Support Structural Change in Africa -- Implications -- Notes -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 4. Financing Agricultural Inputs in Africa: Own Cash or Credit? / Thomas Reardon -- Overview -- Issue: How Are Farmers in Africa Financing Modern Input Use? -- Analysis: Combining Description with Multivariate Analysis -- Results: Use of Credit for Input Purchases Is Not Commonplace -- Understanding Farmers' Decisions -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 5. Revisiting the Gains from Agricultural Commercialization / Anita Guelfi -- Overview -- Issue: Does the Commercialization of Agriculture Harm Nutrition? -- Analysis: Back to the Data and More Recent Evidence -- Results: Little Evidence of a Link between Nutrition and Commercialization -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 6. Agricultural Labor Is Not So Unproductive in Africa / Ellen B. McCullough -- Overview -- Issue: Is Labor So Unproductive in African Agriculture? -- Analysis: Comparing Micro with Macro Data -- Results: There Are Employment Gaps Rather Than Productivity Gaps -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 7. Women's Work on African Farms / Talip Kilic -- Overview -- Issue: Who Does the Farming? -- Analysis: New Gender-Disaggregated Data Provide Insights -- Results: From Myths to Facts -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 8. Households in Rural Africa Still Rely on Agriculture / Alberto Zezza -- Overview -- Issue: Is Africa Any Different? -- Analysis: Measuring Diversification -- Results: Agriculture Still Dominates in Rural Africa -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 9. Nonfarm Enterprises in Rural Africa / Wim Naude -- Overview -- Issue: Survival or Opportunity? -- Analysis: Combining Description with Analysis -- Results: The Conventional View Is Confirmed -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 10. Use of Modern Inputs Viewed from the Field / Christopher B. Barrett -- Overview -- Issue: Do Farmers Use Modern Inputs? -- Analysis: Measuring and Understanding Input Use -- Results: 10 Key Messages -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 11. African Agriculture Is Intensifying -- But Not by Much / Sara Savastano -- Overview -- Issue: We Expected a Virtuous Cycle -- Analysis: Has There Been a Virtuous Cycle? -- Results: Little Sign of a Virtuous Cycle -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 12. Maize Farming and Fertilizers: Not a Profitable Mix in Nigeria / Wale Ogunleye -- Overview -- Issue: How Profitable Is Fertilizer Use? -- Nigerian Context -- Analysis: Estimating Maize Yields and Profitability in Nigeria -- Results: Fertilizer Is Not Profitable for Many Maize Farmers -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 13. Do Trees on Farms Matter in African Agriculture? / Luc Christiaensen -- Overview -- Issue: Can Trees on African Farms Be Safely Ignored? -- Analysis: Trees in African Agricultural Landscapes -- Results: Trees Are Significant on Farms in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 14. Coping with Shocks: The Realities of African Life / Ruth Hill -- Overview -- Issue: Is Drought the Only or Main Risk? -- Analysis: What Do People Say? -- Results: Shocks Are Many and Come in Many Ways -- Implications -- Note -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 15. Remoteness and Maize Price Volatility in Burkina Faso / Tristan Le Cony -- Overview -- Issue: Does Remoteness Imply Greater Maize Price Volatility? -- Analysis: Understanding the Links between Remoteness and Price Volatility -- Results: Remoteness Affects Price Volatility -- Implications -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 16. Refreshing Perspective on Seasonality / Jonathan Kaminski -- Overview -- Issue: Is Seasonality in Food Prices and Food Consumption Important? -- Analysis: Challenges in Estimating Seasonality -- Results: Seasonality Is Still Very Much Present -- Implications -- Note -- Additional Reading -- Ch. 17. Food Loss: What Do African Farmers Say? / Luc Christiaensen -- Overview -- Issue: How Large is Postharvest Loss Really? -- Analysis: Ask the Farmers -- Results: Postharvest Loss Limited, But Concentrated -- Implications -- Note.
Abstract	The essays in this publication exploit newly gathered, nationally representative, geo-referenced information at the household and plot level, from six African countries. In these new Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture, every aspect of farming and non-farming life is queried-from the plots farmers cultivate, the crops they grow, the harvest that is achieved, and the inputs they use, to all the other sources of income they rely on and the risks they face. Together the surveys cover more than 40 percent of the Sub-Saharan African population. In all, sixteen conventional wisdoms are examined, relating to four themes: the extent of farmer's engagement in input, factor and product markets; the role of off-farm activities; the technology and farming systems used; and the risk environment farmers face. Some striking surprises, in true myth-busting fashion, emerge. And a number of new issues are also thrown up. The studies bring a more refined, empirically grounded understanding of the complex reality of African agriculture. They also confirm that investing in regular, nationally representative data collection yields high social returns.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018285682
ISBN	9781464811340 (paper)
ISBN	1464811342 (paper)

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