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Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa /

Strategic priorities for agricultural development in Eastern and Central Africa / Steven Were Omamo ... [et al.]. - Washington, DC : International Food Policy Research Institute, c2006. - xiii, 140 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cm. - Research report ; 150 . - Research report (International Food Policy Research Institute) ; 150. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-140).

National agricultural development objectives in ECA -- Approach of the study -- Outline of the report -- Analytical approach -- Spatial analysis using geographical information system methods -- Economywide multi-market modeling -- The Dynamic Research Evaluation for Management (DREAM) model -- Socioeconomic and biophysical underpinnings of ECA agriculture -- Population distribution and agricultural land use -- Agroecological conditions and agricultural potential -- Access to markets -- Agricultural development domains -- Recent trends and current performance of ECA agriculture -- GDP and agricultural GDP -- Agricultural productivity and growth -- Agricultural production, consumption, and trade -- Poverty, hunger, and malnutrition -- Alternative futures for ECA agriculture -- Business-as-usual -- Growth options among agricultural sub-sectors -- Growth options for poverty reduction: insights from Ethiopia -- Strategic priorities for agricultural development in ECA -- Priorities among commodities for countries and country groups -- Priorities across agricultural development domains -- Potential benefits from regional coordination.

9780896291584 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0896291588

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Agriculture--Economic aspects--Africa, Eastern.
Agriculture--Economic aspects--Africa, Central.
Agricultural development projects--Africa, Eastern.
Agricultural development projects--Africa, Central.

HD2118 / .S76 2006

338.10967

HD9000.6 / .I54 no. 150

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