Determinants of Farm Productivity in Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies

Thomas Reardon, Valerie Auserehl Kelly (), Eric Winthrop Crawford (), Thomas S. Jayne (), Kimseyinga Savadogo and Daniel Clay

No 22, International Development Papers from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: The bulk of studies on farm productivity were done in the 1960s and 1970s before land became constraining. Our understanding of African farm productivity needs to be updated to see how farmers are responding to recent policy, economic, and environmental changes. We aim in this report to “dig below” aggregate trends to uncover differences in patterns and determinants of productivity over agroclimatic zones, types of technology, degrees of environmental degradation, and levels of improved inputs. The report synthesizes studies in four countries. The Burkina Faso, Rwanda, and Senegal studies use detailed farm-survey data from the past decade. The Zimbabwe study uses aggregate data from the past two decades which is stratified by farm type (commercial and smallholder).

Keywords: food security; food policy; farm productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996
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Working Paper: DETERMINANTS OF FARM PRODUCTIVITY IN AFRICA: A SYNTHESIS OF FOUR CASE STUDIES (1996)
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