Sub—Saharan Africa is one of the poorest regions of the world.
Because most Africans work in agriculture, escaping such dire
poverty depends on increased agricultural productivity to raise
rural incomes, lower food prices, and stimulate growth in other
economic sectors. Per capita agricultural production in
sub—Saharan Africa has fallen, however, for much of the past
half—century. Successes in African Agriculture investigates how
to reverse this decline. Instead of cataloging failures, as many
past studies have done, this book identifies episodes of
successful agricultural growth in Africa and identifies
processes, practices, and policies for accelerated growth in the
future. The individual studies follow developments in, among
other areas, the farming of maize in East and Southern Africa,
cassava across the middle belt of Africa, cotton in West Africa,
horticulture in Kenya, and dairying in East Africa. Drawing on
these case studies and on consultations with agricultural
specialists and politicians from acro