Food Policy· 2016Q1
Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Contrary to conventional wisdom, Sub-Saharan African farmers' use of modern agricultural inputs like improved seeds and fertilizers is not as low as commonly believed, according to new analysis of data from over 22,000 households.
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Key points
- Modern agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa is not universally low.
- Analysis is based on nationally representative data from the LSMS-ISA surveys.
- Covers over 22,000 households and 62,000 agricultural plots in six countries.
- Findings may surprise conventional wisdom about African agriculture.
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Abstract
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 come largely from expanded use of inputs that embody improved technologies, particularly improved seed, fertilizers and other agro-chemicals, machinery, and irrigation. Yet following several years of high food prices, concerted policy efforts to intensify fertilizer and hybrid seed use, and increased public and private investment in agriculture, how low is modern input use in Africa really? This article revisits Africa's agricultural input landscape, exploiting the unique, recently collected, nationally representative, agriculturally intensive, and cross-country comparable Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) covering six countries in the region (Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda). Using data from over 22,000 households and 62,000 agricultural plots, we offer ten potentially surprising facts about modern input use in Africa today.
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