Towards a Strategy for Improving Agricultural Inputs Markets in Africa



Table 1. FSII Policy Syntheses Relevant to Agricultural Inputs Market Development

(available on the Web at http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/psynindx.htm)

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

Number 3. Promoting Farm Investment for Sustainable Intensification of African Agriculture.

Thomas Reardon, Eric Crawford, Valerie Kelly, and Bocar Diagana

Number 7. Cash Crop and Foodgrain Productivity in Senegal: Historical View, New Survey Evidence, and
Policy Implications. Valerie Kelly, Bocar Diagana, Thomas Reardon, Matar Gaye, and Eric Crawford

Number 9. Will the CFA Franc Devaluation Enhance Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in the
Senegalese Peanut Basin? Bocar Diagana and Valerie Kelly

Number 12. Food Marketing and Pricing Policy in Eastern and Southern Africa: Lessons for Increasing
Agricultural Productivity and Access to Food. T. S. Jayne and Stephen Jones

Number 22. Determinants of Farm Productivity in Africa: A Synthesis of Four Case Studies. Thomas
Reardon, Valerie Kelly, Eric Crawford, Thomas Jayne, Kimseyinga Savadogo, and Daniel Clay

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION

Number 13. Fostering Agricultural and Food System Transformation in Africa. John Staatz and Moussa Ba

Number 20. Payoffs to Investments in Agricultural Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa. James F. Oehmke and
Eric W. Crawford

DEMAND AND SUPPLY FOR FERTILIZER AND SEED

Number 30. Developing Cereal-Based Demand for Fertilizer Among Smallholders in Southern Africa:
Lessons Learned and Implications for Other African Regions. Joseph Rusike, Thomas Reardon, Julie
Howard, and Valerie Kelly

Number 31. Seed Sector Evolution in Zambia And Zimbabwe: Has Farmer Access Improved Following
Economic Reforms? Joseph Rusike, Julie Howard, and Mywish Maredia

Number 33. Facilitating Seed Sector Transformation in Africa: Key Findings From the Literature.

Mywish Maredia and Julie Howard

LITERATURE REVIEWS ON FERTILIZER AND SOIL FERTILITY

Number 32. Fertilizer in Sub-Saharan Africa: Breaking the Vicious Circle of High Prices and Low Demand.

Valerie Kelly, Thomas Reardon, David Yanggen, and Anwar Naseem

Number 37. Restoring Soil Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Technical and Economic Issues. David Weight
and Valerie Kelly

CASH CROP/FOOD CROP COMPLEMENTARITIES

Number 34. Smallholder Cash-Cropping, Food-Cropping and Food Security in Mozambique’s Cotton Belt.
Paul J. Strasberg

Number 39. Successes and Challenges of Food Market Reform: Experiences from Kenya, Mozambique,
Zambia, and Zimbabwe. D. Tschirley, T. S. Jayne, M. Mukumbu, M. Chisvo, M. T. Weber, B. Zulu,
R. Johansson, P. Santos, and D. Soroko

Number 40. Effects of Cash Crop Production on Food Crop Productivity in Zimbabwe: Synergies or Trade-
offs? Jones Govereh and T. S. Jayne

Number 41. Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Food Crop Input Use and Productivity in Kenya.
Paul J. Strasberg, T. S. Jayne, Takashi Yamano, James Nyoro, Daniel Karanja, and John Strauss

CASE STUDIES OF PROJECTS TO INCREASE INPUT USE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Number 38. Is Agricultural Intensification Profitable For Mozambican Smallholders? An Appraisal of the
Inputs Subsector and the 1996/97 DNER/SG2000 Program. Julie A. Howard, José Jaime Jeje, David
Tschirley, Paul Strasberg, Eric W. Crawford, and Michael T. Weber

Number 42. Green Revolution Technology Takes Root in Africa: The Promise and Challenge of the Ministry
of Agriculture/SG2000 Experiment with Improved Cereals Technology in Ethiopia. Julie Howard, Valerie
Kelly, Mulat Demeke, Mywish Maredia and Julie Stepanek

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