living. The authors of Strategies and Priorities for African Agriculture: Economywide Perspectives from Country Studies argue … increased, more efficient public investment in agriculture and agricultural markets and propose new directions for future …

Agriculture in Ghana accounts for about 40 percent of national economy, three quarters of export earnings, and employs … 60 percent of the labor force. Agriculture is the backbone of the economy (McKay and Aryeetey, 2004) and the sector has … served as the main driver for the growth over the last two decades (World Bank, 2007). Moreover, agriculture is the most …

framework of the Agricultural Development Plan (ADP), is in the process of implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture … meeting the Maputo declaration of spending at least ten percent of the government's total budget on agriculture. In fact, even … under a more optimistic and efficient spending scenario, the Government of Malawi must increase its spending on agriculture …

"This paper has been prepared in support of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) roundtable … in Ghana. The study also takes a fresh perspective on the role of agriculture for development in light of the global food … percent growth target. In this process, agriculture supports the rest of the economy through substantial and largely invisible …

"Zambia has experienced strong economic performance since 1999. However, agriculture has not performed as well as the … Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), which provides an integrated framework of development priorities aimed at …, is meeting the Maputo declaration of spending at least ten percent of the government's total budget on agriculture. In …