Returns to food and agricultural R&D investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1975–2014
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Returns to food and agricultural R&D investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1975–2014
Research-enabled growth in agricultural productivity is pivotal to sub-Saharan Africa's overall economic growth prospects. Yet, investments in research and development (R&D) targeted to many national food and agricultural economies throughout Africa are fragile and faltering. To gain insight into what could be driving this trend, this article updates, summarizes and reassesses the published evi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Food Policy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0306-9192
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2016.09.009