The aim of this paper is to deliver summarized information on livestock production, trends
and prospects to the stakeholders/beneficiaries, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is always …

Agricultural activities contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. The
GHG emissions from agriculture in Africa are among the fastest growing emissions in the …

Agricultural research has fostered productivity growth, but the historical influence of
anthropogenic climate change (ACC) on that growth has not been quantified. We develop a …

We discuss recent trends in agricultural productivity in Africa and highlight how
technological progress in agriculture has stagnated on the continent. We briefly review the …

Sub-Saharan Africa's turnaround over the past couple of decades has been dramatic. After
many years in decline, the continent's economy picked up in the mid-1990s. Along with this …

Agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa has, in recent times, remained lower than the
rest of the world. Many attribute this to factors inherent to Africa and its people, such as …

This study assesses changes over the past decade in the farm size distributions of Ghana,
Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia, drawing on two or more waves of nationally representative …

Evidence assembled in this special issue of Food Policy shows that rising rural population
densities in parts of Africa are profoundly affecting farming systems and the region's …

Conventional wisdom holds that Sub-Saharan African farmers use few modern inputs
despite the fact that most poverty-reducing agricultural growth in the region is expected to …

High fertility and declining mortality rates have led to a very young population in most Sub-
Saharan African countries. The region s labor force is expected to increase by 11 million …