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Agricultural R&D investments and development goals in sub Saharan Africa: Assessing prioritisation of value chains in Senegal

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Title Agricultural R&D investments and development goals in sub Saharan Africa: Assessing prioritisation of value chains in Senegal
 
Creator Benfica, Rui
 
Subject agricultural value chains
research and development
resource allocation
poverty
growth
jobs
diets
rural investment
policy analysis
Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model
value chains
export crops
groundnuts
rice
poultry
grains
cattle
vegetables
oilseeds
fruits
modelling
agri-food system
agricultural growth
 
Description We look at the prioritisation of agricultural value chains (VCs) for the allocation of R&D resources that maximise development outcomes (poverty, growth, jobs and diets) in Senegal. This study used (a) the rural investment and policy analysis (RIAPA) computable general equilibrium (CGE) model; (b) the perpetual inventory model (PIM), and (c) information on the elasticities of VC total factor productivity (TFP) with respect to R&D knowledge stocks (KS) to discuss the value chain priority allocations of R&D resources. The results indicate that no value chain is the most effective at improving all outcomes. The most effective value chains to be efficiently supported through R&D investments are traditional export crops, groundnuts, rice, poultry, sorghum/millet and cattle. Other promising value chains with potential effects at scale include vegetables, oilseeds and fruits. Future modelling needs to focus on deepening the standardisation and integration of R&D investments in this framework and bring together other factors and complementary agri-food system (AFS) investment dimensions that are relevant to sustainable and inclusive agricultural growth.
 
Date 2022-08-01
2022-12-22T11:29:55Z
2022-12-22T11:29:55Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Benfica, Rui. 2022. Agricultural R&D investments and development goals in sub Saharan Africa: Assessing prioritisation of value chains in Senegal. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 17(2): 126-145. https://doi.org/10.53936/afjare.2022.17(2).9
1993-3738
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126242
https://doi.org/10.53936/afjare.2022.17(2).9
 
Language en
 
Rights Other
Open Access
 
Format 126-145
 
Publisher African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)
 
Source African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics