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Agricultural growth to spur economic growth
This post first appeared on AllAfrica.com .
By: Danielle Resnick, Xinshen Diao, Peter Hazell, and Shahidhara Kolavalli
Ghana has been viewed as one of Africa's political and economic success stories, from maintaining a multi-party democracy, peace and social cohesion to reducing poverty and growing its middle class. Yet, despite 30 years of continuous growth in per capita income and rapid urbanization, the country has not been able to industrialize and most of the workforce is either trapped in traditional agriculture or low-productivity jobs in the services sector.
Consumer Demand & Processed Food in Nigeria
This piece originally appeared on the A4NH blog.
Driving Ag Mechanization
This piece originally appeared on the IFPRI.org blog .
By Xinshen Diao, Jed Silver, and Hiroyuki Takeshima
Ethiopia’s Farmers and Urban Growth
Urbanization rates have exploded across Africa over the past 20 years. According to the African Development Bank, between 1982 and 2012, African cities grew at a rate of 3.5 percent per year, and experts only forecast this trend to continue. The World Bank expects the share of Africans living in urban areas to reach 50 percent by 2030.
Helping Food Reach Cities: How Urbanization Is Changing Africa's Food System
The latest African Economic Outlook , published by the OECD, finds that despite a weakened global economy, lower commodity prices, and some serious weather shocks, Africa saw positive economic growth in 2015.