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Agricultural research from the perspective of a Multilateral Development Bank: the case of the African Development Bank

Boulanouar B.

Agriculture provides an important route towards the achievement of the critical development goals of enhancing food security, reducing poverty and creating jobs in Africa. The agricultural economy employs 65–70 percent of Africa’s labor force, typically accounts for 30-40 percent of GDP and more than 70 percent of the continent’s poor live in rural areas, and agriculture is their most important economic activity (World Bank, 2013). However, Agriculture in Africa suffers many challenges including, poor infrastructure, weak sector institutions, underdeveloped markets, public and private underinvestment, inadequate availability and uptake of adapted technologies, limited access to credit, lack of effective management of natural, lack of agricultural commodities market integration, climate change, and gender inequality.

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AFRIQUE, AGRICULTURE, RECHERCHE AGRICOLE

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Boulanouar B. Agricultural research from the perspective of a Multilateral Development Bank: the case of the African Development Bank. In : Chentouf M. (ed.), López-Francos A. (ed.), Bengoumi M. (ed.), Gabiña D. (ed.). Technology creation and transfer in small ruminants: roles of research, development services and farmer associations. Zaragoza : CIHEAM / INRAM / FAO, 2014. p. 237-254. (Options Méditerranéennes : Série A. Séminaires Méditerranéens; n. 108). 8. Seminar of the FAO-CIHEAM Sub-Network on Production Systems, 2013/06/11-13, Tangier (Morocco). http://om.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a108/00007639.pdf