This book offers new insights into the ongoing agricultural transformation in Africa. Presenting case studies, macro-level simulations, and relevant surveys, it analyzes food crops and agri-food policy challenges and their implications in various African countries. In addition, it discusses how current African agri-food policies could be improved to achieve the continental vision of sustainable development in light of the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
The respective contributions address topics such as drivers of technical efficiency among smallholder maize farmers; farm management practices; agri-food infrastructure policies; food security; agricultural growth; and financing for and investment in agricultural production. Accordingly, the book appeals to scholars of economics and agricultural studies and to anyone interested in the agricultural transformation of Africa.
Author(s): Gbadebo O. A. Odularu
Series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 190
City: Cham
Contents
Editor and Contributors
The Introduction: Pandemic Preparedness and A-Platonic Policies for Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems
1 Introduction and Background
1.1 The Book Roadmap
References
Technical Efficiency and Poultry Farming in Nigeria
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework
2.1 Cobb–Douglas Production Function
2.2 Empirical Review
3 Methodology
3.1 The Study Area
3.2 Population, Sampling Procedure, and Data Collection
3.3 Variable Specification/Model Specification
4 Results and Discussion
5 Conclusion and Policy Implications
References
Economics of Sesame Marketing in Nigeria
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 The Study Area
2.2 Population, Sampling Procedure, and Data Collection
3 Variable Specification/Model Specification
3.1 Binary Logistic Regression Mode
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Factors Influencing Market Participation of Sesame Farmers in Benue State, Nigeria
4.2 Constraints to Market Participation Faced by Sesame Producers
4.3 Marketing Margin (Market Conduct)
4.4 Marketing Efficiency (Market Performance)
4.5 Market Structure
5 Conclusion and Policy Implications
References
Analysis of Smallholder Maize Farmer’s Technical Efficiency and Farm Management Practices in the West Region of Cameroon
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework
3 Empirical Literature
4 Methodology
5 Specification of the Technical Efficiency Model
6 Specification of Profitability
7 Results and Discussion
8 Profitability of Maize Producers
9 Farm Management Practices in the West Region of Cameroon
10 Conclusion and Policy Implications
References
Structure, Conduct, and Performance of Tomato Retailers in Abeokuta South, Ogun State, Nigeria
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Variable Specification/Model Specification
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Socio-economic Characteristics of Tomato Retailers in Abeokuta South, Ogun State, Nigeria
5 Marketing Margin (Market Conduct)
6 Marketing Efficiency (Market Performance)
7 Market Structure
8 Problems Commonly Encountered in Marketing of Tomato
9 Conclusion and Recommendations
References
Determinants of Credit Accessibility and Performance of Smallholder Rice Farmers: A Case of the West Region of Cameroon
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
2.1 The Study Area
2.2 Population, Sampling Procedure and Data Collection
3 Variable Specification/Model Specification
3.1 Binary Logistic Regression Model
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 Socio-Economic Variables Influencing Credit Accessibility by Smallholder Rice Farmers in Cameroon: A Case Study of the West Region of Cameroon
5 Results of the Hypothesis Tested
6 Conclusion and Policy Implications
References
Cereal Crops Yield, Food Security and Agricultural Growth in Nigeria: A Vector Error Correction Model Approach
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Method
3 Results and Discussion
4 Conclusion
References
Climate Variability and Arabica Coffee Production in Uganda
1 Introduction
2 Materials and Methods
2.1 Scope of the Study
2.2 Study Site
2.3 Research Design and Sampling
2.4 Data Needs
2.5 Precipitation and Temperature Projection
2.6 Model Specification
3 Results and Discussion
3.1 Variability in Precipitation for Observed and Modeled Data
3.2 Variability in Temperature for Observed and Modeled Data
3.3 Temperature and Rainfall forecast for Tingey County in Kapchorwa District based on Representative Concentration Pathways
3.4 Temperature Forecast Based on RCP4.5
3.5 Temperature Forecast Based on RCP8.5
3.6 Rainfall Forecast from 2006 to 2100 based on RCP2.6
3.7 Average Rainfall Deviations based on RCP2.6
3.8 Annual Rainfall Forecast from 2006 to 2100 based on RCP4.5
3.9 Rainfall Forecast from 2006 to 2100 based on RCP8.5
3.10 Annual Rainfall Deviations based on RCP8.5
3.11 Spatial Representation of Temperature Changes
3.12 Spatial Representation of Changes in Rainfall
3.13 Arabica coffee Production/Yield based on Temperature and Rainfall
3.14 Determinants of Farmers’ Choice of Adaptation Methods to Climate Change
4 Conclusions
References
Effect of Private Investment and Exchange Rate on Groundnut Production in Nigeria: 1980–2016
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Model Specification
3.1 VECM Model for the Effect of Private Investment on Groundnut Output
3.2 Effect of Exchange Rate on Groundnut Output
4 Results and Discussion
4.1 The Trend of Groundnut Output
4.2 Growth Rate and Direction of Growth
4.3 Co-integration Between Private Investment and Groundnut Output
4.4 Co-integration Test Between Exchange Rate and Groundnut Output
4.5 Effect Private Investment on Groundnut Output
4.6 Effect of Exchange Rate on Groundnut Output
4.7 Impulse Response on the Effects of Private Investment on Groundnut Output
4.8 Impulse Response for the Effects of Exchange Rate on Groundnut Output
4.9 Variance Decomposition on Effects of Private Investment on Groundnut Output
5 Conclusion and Policy Implications
References
Climate Change and Agricultural Output: The Need for Policy
1 Introduction: Climate Change and Agricultural Productivity
2 Climate Change and Food Production Nexus
3 Precipitation Regimes, Climate Change, and Agricultural Productivity
4 Climate Change, Pests, and Agricultural Productivity
5 Influence of Climate Change on Agricultural Production Inputs
6 Climate Change and Agricultural Production
7 Strategies to Attenuate the Effects of Climate Change
8 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies of Climate Change for the Agricultural Sector
9 Techniques Used in Climate Change Mitigation
10 Cost for Carbon Tax Enforcement
11 Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation
12 Components of Climate Change Adaptations
13 Climate Change: The Need for Policy?
14 Conclusion and Recommendations
References
A Vector Error Correction Model Approach to Government Agricultural Expenditure on Agricultural Growth in Nigeria Under the Period of Uninterrupted Democracy (1999–2020)
1 Introduction
2 Literature Review
2.1 Neo-classical Growth Theory
2.2 Review of Related Empirical Studies
3 Research Methods
3.1 Method of Data Collection
3.2 Data Analysis Technique
3.3 Model Specification
4 Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)
5 Results and Discussion
5.1 Unit Root Test for Stationarity
5.2 Johansen Co-integration Test
5.3 Short-Run Effects of Government Agricultural Expenditure on Agricultural (GDP) Growth
5.4 Long-Run Effects of Government Agricultural Expenditure on Agricultural (GDP) Growth
6 Conclusion
References
Public External Debt, Domestic Private Investment, and Agricultural Output Nexus: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
1 Introduction
2 Empirical Review
3 Methodology
3.1 Study Area
3.2 Data Collection
3.3 Data Analysis Techniques
4 Model Specification
4.1 Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques
5 Results and Discussion
5.1 Effect of Simulating 5% Decrease in Public External Debt and 5% Increase in Domestic Private Investment
5.2 Effect of Simulating 10% Increase in Public External Debt and 10% Decrease in Domestic Private Investment
5.3 Effect of Simulating 10% Increase in Public External Debt and 5% Decrease in Domestic Private Investment
5.4 Effect of Simulating 5% Decrease in Public External Debt and 10%Increase in Domestic Private Investment
6 Conclusion and Policy Implications
References
Conclusion: Agri-Food Deepening, Sustainable Development Planning, and Policy Platonicity
1 Policy Recommendations and Future Research Themes
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