This paper describes how modern service providers have emerged in the African agricultural sector, a subject that has been vastly understudied. The paper looks at providers of modern rice mills, power tillers, combine harvesters, and production services at a highly productive rice irrigation...

An Evolving Paradigm for Africa and Synthesis of the Lessons from Asia -- Mechanization Outsourcing Clusters and Division of Labor in Chinese Agriculture -- Farm Machinery Uses and the Agricultural Machinery Industries in India: Status, Evolution, Implications, and Lessons Learning -- Evolution...

Agricultural research and development (R&D) is one component of public investments in the agricultural sector toward food system transformation. Enhancing the effectiveness of agricultural R&D remains critical, given increasingly scarce public resources. Exploring spatial spillover potentials...