Building a Resilient and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa.

• Author: Shimeles, Abebe.
• TeilnehmendeR: Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey.; Boly, Amadou.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (315 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Graphs -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: Understanding the Challenges of the Agricultural Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Improving Agricultural Productivity -- 1.3 Addressing Climate Change Challenges -- 1.4 Promoting Agro-Industrialization -- References -- Part I: Improving Agricultural Productivity -- 2: Improved Seeds and Agricultural Productivity of Family Farms in Cameroon -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Data Source and Selected Variables -- 2.2.1 Data Source -- 2.2.2 Selected Variables -- 2.3 Analytical Tools -- 2.3.1 Econometric Model -- 2.4 Findings -- 2.4.1 Characteristics of Family Farms and Results of Mean Difference Testing -- 2.4.2 Existence and Consideration of Selectivity Bias -- 2.4.3 Agricultural Productivity Gap Between Adopters and Non-adopters -- 2.5 Discussion of the Findings -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 3: Breaking the Traditional Trap: Assessing Drivers of Modern Technology Adoption by Smallholder Farmers in Hurungwe District, Zimbabwe -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Literature Survey -- 3.3 Methodology and Data Issues -- 3.4 Results and Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- 4: Input Utilization and Agricultural Labor Productivity: A Gender Analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Methodology -- 4.3 Data Analysis -- 4.4 Results -- 4.4.1 Input Utilization Based on Gender -- 4.4.2 Labor Utilization and Productivity Among Farmers Based on Gender -- 4.4.2.1 Family and Hired Labor Use -- 4.4.2.2 Labor Productivity -- 4.4.3 Effects of Input Utilization on Labor Productivity by Gender -- 4.4.3.1 Gender-Specific Labor Productivity Model (Male) -- 4.4.3.2 Gender-Specific Labor Productivity Model (Female) -- 4.5 Conclusion.

4.5.1 Recommendations -- Appendix -- References -- 5: Evaluation of Women's On-Farm Trial of Drought Tolerant Maize in Southern Guinea Savannah Agro-Ecological Zone of Nigeria -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Materials and Methodology -- 5.2.1 Description of Experimental Materials -- 5.3 Method -- 5.3.1 Analytical Technique -- 5.3.2 Farm Budgeting Analysis -- 5.4 Results and Discussion -- 5.4.1 Socio-Economic Characteristics of Women Farmers -- 5.4.2 Women Farmer Variety Preference -- 5.4.3 Profitability of On-Farm Trial -- 5.4.4 Reasons for Preference -- 5.5 Conclusion and Recommendations -- Annexes -- References -- 6: Impact of Bioenergy Crop Adoption on Total Crop Incomes of Farmers in Northern Ghana: The Case of Jatropha Curcas -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Theoretical Framework and Estimation Technique -- 6.2.1 Theoretical Framework: The Random Utility Framework -- 6.2.2 Estimation Technique: Propensity Score Matching -- 6.3 Data and Descriptive Statistics -- 6.4 Empirical Results -- 6.4.1 Estimation of the Propensity Scores -- 6.4.2 Estimation of Average Adoption Effect: Matching Algorithms -- 6.4.3 Indicators of Matching Quality Before Matching and After Matching -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part II: Addressing Climate Change Challenges -- 7: Profitability in a Sustainable Agricultural Production System: An Approach by the Soil and Water Conservation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Methodology -- 7.2.1 The Preparation of the Partial Budget -- 7.2.2 The Determination of "Higher" Treatment -- 7.2.3 The Calculation of the Marginal Rate of Return -- 7.2.4 Choice of Preferred Treatment -- 7.2.5 Treatment -- 7.3 Study Area and Data -- 7.3.1 Study Area -- 7.3.2 Data -- 7.4 Results and Discussions -- 7.4.1 Partial Budgets and Higher Treatments -- 7.4.2 Analysis of Profitability.

7.4.3 Choice of Target Rate and Choice of Preferred Treatment -- 7.4.4 Hypothesis of Pessimistic Climate Variability -- 7.5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 8: Land Tenure and Communities' Vulnerability to Climate Shocks: Insights from the Niger Basin of Benin -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Background and Conceptual Framework -- 8.3 Specification of the Vulnerability and Resilience Approach -- 8.4 Description of the Variables and Data -- 8.5 Results and Discussion -- 8.5.1 Socio-economic Characteristics of the Communities and Environmental Attributes -- 8.5.2 Vulnerability and Resilience Levels of the Communities -- 8.5.3 Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses -- 8.5.4 Econometric Results -- 8.6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- 9: The Impact of Agricultural Insurance on the Demand for Supplemental Irrigation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Experimental Evidence in Northern Ghana -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Weather Index Insurance and Supplemental Irrigation: Previous Studies -- 9.3 Methodology -- 9.3.1 Experimental Design -- 9.3.2 Data -- 9.3.3 Sample Size, Power Calculations and Minimum Detectable Effect -- 9.3.4 Study Area -- 9.3.5 Statistical Methods -- 9.4 Results -- 9.4.1 Experimental Integrity: Balance Tests on Variables at Baseline -- 9.4.2 Impact of Drought Index Insurance on the Demand for Supplemental Irrigation -- 9.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part III: Promoting Agro-Industrialization -- 10: Does the Development of the Agricultural Sector Affect the Manufacturing Sector? -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Literature Review -- 10.3 Analytical Framework -- 10.4 Description of Variables -- 10.5 Findings -- 10.6 Conclusion -- Annexes: Agricultural and Manufacturing Sector Value Added by Region -- References -- 11: Transforming African Agriculture Through Special Economic Zones: Opportunities and Challenges.

11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Materials and Methods -- 11.3 Agricultural Transformation for Inclusive Growth -- 11.4 Historical Developments of Special Economic Zones -- 11.5 Typologies and Scope of Special Economic Zones -- 11.5.1 Free-Trade Zones -- 11.5.2 Export Processing Zones -- 11.5.3 Free Ports -- 11.5.4 Free Enterprises -- 11.5.5 Enterprise Zones -- 11.6 Virtues and Potential Side Effects of Special Economic Zones in Agricultural Transformation -- 11.7 Global and Regional Experiences of Special Economic Zones -- 11.7.1 China -- 11.7.2 India -- 11.7.3 Mauritius -- 11.7.4 Mozambique -- 11.7.5 Zimbabwe -- 11.8 Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- 12: Global Value Chains and Upgrading in Economic Community of West African States Countries -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Definition of the GVC and Upgrading Concepts -- 12.2.1 GVC Concept -- 12.2.2 Upgrading Concept -- 12.3 GVC Participation -- 12.3.1 GVC Participation Measurement -- 12.3.2 Level of Participation of ECOWAS Countries in the GVC -- 12.4 Upgrading of ECOWAS Countries -- 12.4.1 Mythological Data -- 12.4.1.1 Indicator of the Foreign Value Added Content of Exports -- 12.4.1.2 Traditional Diversification Indicators: The Hirschman Index -- 12.4.1.3 Export Sophistication Measurement Indicator -- 12.4.1.4 Capacity to Export New Products: Extensive Margin and Intensive Margin -- 12.5 Results -- 12.5.1 Indicator of the Foreign Value Added Content of Exports -- 12.5.2 Traditional Indicators: Hirschman index -- 12.5.3 Export Sophistication Measurement Indicator -- 12.5.4 Capacity to Export New Products: Extensive Margin and Intensive Margin -- 12.6 Conclusion -- Annex 1 -- Annex 2 -- References -- 13: Conclusions: Enhancing the Resilience and Sustainability of the Agriculture Sector in sub-Saharan Africa -- 13.1 Introduction.

13.2 Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Through Innovation and Training -- 13.3 Improving Policies and Institutions in the Agricultural Sector -- 13.4 Innovative Financing for the Transformation of African Agriculture -- 13.5 Strengthening Africa's Agriculture Value Chains, Trade and Competitiveness -- 13.6 Creative Infrastructure Solutions to Boost and Transform African Agriculture -- References -- Index.