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Analyzing Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
5–7 December 2011 Accra, Ghana
(Attendance by Invitation)
Policymakers continue to recognize the value of greater investment in agricultural research and development as an essential element in increasing agricultural productivity in Africa. The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) has set a target of 6 percent agricultural GDP growth per year as the requisite benchmark for countries where agriculture plays a dominant economic role. One of CAADP’s four pillars focuses on increasing investments in agricultural research, extension, education and training as a means of realizing increased agricultural productivity growth. Agricultural R&D investments are also required to address emerging challenges such as adaptation to climate change, increasing weather variability, water scarcity, and the volatility of prices in global markets.
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