Overview
- Promotes knowledge management as an important driver of policy dialogue, good policy planning and implementation
- Fosters dialogue that promotes the exchange of ideas and innovative thinking among researchers, development practitioners and African policymakers
- Encourages and enhances research on economic and policy issues related to the development of African economies
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Improving Agricultural Productivity
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Addressing Climate Change Challenges
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Promoting Agro-Industrialization
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Sustainable agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Agricultural economics
- Climate change economics
- Agricultural productivity
- Modern technology adoption by farmers
- Agricultural sustainability
- Bioenergy Crop Adoption
- Agro-Industrialization
- Agriculture sector development
- Environmental Efficiency
- Global Value Chains
- Regional value chains
- African economic development
- African agricultural transformation
- Open Access
- Labour productivity
- Drought Index Insurance
- Supplemental irrigation
- Special Economic Zones
- ECOWAS countries
About this book
From the impact of Bioenergy crop adoption and Drought Index Insurance to Agro-Industrialization, this volume is important reading for individual researchers, academic associations and professional bodies interested in African agricultural development.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Audrey Verdier-Chouchane is Chief Research Economist at the African Development Bank. Prior to joining the African Development Bank, Verdier-Chouchane taught Macroeconomics and Development Economics at the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France, from where she holds a PhD in Economics. She has mainly published on the analysis and measurement of poverty and inequalities witha special focus on gender disparity and labor market issues for the youth.
Amadou Boly is Principal Research Economist at the African Development Bank. His research interests are in development and experimental economics, and his articles have been published in leading international journals. Previously, Boly worked for UNU-WIDER (2014-2015, Finland); and UNIDO (2009-2014, Austria), mainly in technical assistance and global forum activities related to industrial statistics and industrial policy. He holds a PhD in economics from the University of Montreal, Canada, an MSc in International Business from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and a BSc in Economics and Management from the University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Editors: Abebe Shimeles, Audrey Verdier-Chouchane, Amadou Boly
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76222-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-76221-0Published: 14 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09433-1Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-76222-7Published: 01 June 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 302
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agricultural Economics, African Economics, Environmental Economics, Industrial Organization, R & D/Technology Policy, Development Economics