Conference Papers and Speeches

Plenary Session 1: Opening Remarks

Welcome and Overview

Innovations, policies, and investments to promote smallholder productivity

Science, technology, and innovation in African agriculture

Paper Session 1A: Science, technology, and innovation for increasing agricultural productivity

Impact of Agricultural Water Management Technologies on Poverty in Ethiopia

Increased bean productivity through increased access to improved seeds and use of improved bean management techniques in Ethiopia

Early criterion to screen maize varieties for their tolerance to aluminum toxic soil

Paper Session 1B: Markets, trade, and regional integration for  promoting agricultural growth

Food Security Without Food Transfers? A CGE Analysis for Ethiopia of the Different Food Security Impacts of Fertilizer Subsidies and Locally Sourced Food Transfers

The best choice of fertilizer for maize (Zea mays) and climbing beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) rotation for rich, mean and poor farmers in South Kivu, D.R. Congo

Assessment of Food Reserves, Markets, Trade, and Regional Integration Systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): are these effective pathways to food security?

Paper Session 1C: ApproPriate capacities, investments, institutions, and policies for supporting agriculture

Training and Farmer Productivity: An Evaluation using RCT for the MCA-Ghana Programme

Employment of agricultural graduates: Who are we training for?

Impact of land rights on productivity of agriculture and natural resource enterprises in Africa

Integrating livestock in CAADP framework: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia

Paper Session 2A: Science, technology, and innovation for increasing agricultural productivity

Technology adoption and land and water management practices among maize farmers in Ghana

A review of Nigerian agricultural efficiency literature, 1999-2011: What does one learn from frontier studies?

Participatory Radio: An Effective Model for Enhancing Productivity in Africa

Paper Session 2B: Markets, trade, and regional integration for promoting agricultural growth

Challenges and opportunities for maize seed sector development in Eastern Africa

Future of Wheat Production in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analyses of the Expanding Gap between Supply and Demand and Economic Profitability of Domestic Production

Unpacking the Meaning of “Market Access” in Rural Kenya

Grain Reserves, Social Safety Nets, and Productivity Linkages: Conceptual Issues and Some Empirics from Africa

Paper Session 2C: Appropriate capacities, investments, institutions and policies for supporting agriculture

Policy assessments of agriculture, food security and poverty using computer simulation models

Pro-poor Livestock Development: Analysis of performance of projects and Lesson

Assessment of the Short-Run Impact of BRAC’s Agriculture and Livestock Programme in Uganda

Assessment of deficit irrigation on the growth and yield of some vegetable crops

Poster Session 1A: Science, technology, and innovation for increasing agricultural productivity

Conservation agriculture: An innovation for increasing food security among smallholders in Zambia

Productivity and efficiency analysis of smallholder maize producers in Southern Ethiopia

Farmers’ Perceptions and Adoption of Improved Farming Techniques in Low-Land Rice Production in Northern Ghana

Fertilizer use among smallholder farmers in Uganda

Determinants of Agricultural Technology Adoption in Mozambique

Poster Session 1B:Markets, trade, and regional integration for promoting agricultural growth

Increasing world food prices and the impact on the agricultural sector of Sudan: Tradeoffs between food security and agricultural trade

Sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability of orange-fleshed sweetpotato by pregnant women and children <2 years in Western Kenya

Enhancing food security through the use of solar fish driers

Creating Viable Innovation Platforms to Facilitate Market-Linked Legume Value Chains to Enhance Food Security and Environmental Systems in Malawi

Cassava Brown Streak Virus Disease (CBSD): A new Threat to Cassava Industry in Uganda

Poster Session 1C: Appropriate capacities, investments, institutions and policies for supporting agriculture

The Impact of Agricultural Extension Services on Farm Household Efficiency in Ethiopia

Building advisory services capacity to manage for impact: lessons and experiences from Zanzibar, Tanzania

Increasing inorganic fertilizer use in Uganda – supply-side issues

Improving agricultural production and productivity of smallholders farmers through increased access to improved planting materials: Evidence from south west region, Cameroon

Plenary Session 5: Delivering African agricultural productivity and food security through a Green  Revolution: prospects and challenges

Paper Session 3A: Science, technology, and innovation for increasing agricultural productivity

Phosphorus use efficiency in amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus L.)

Effect of post anthesis moisture stress on performance of stay green sorghum hybrid in Eastern Province of Kenya

Action – research in partnerships for agricultural innovations: lessons learnt from a Cameroonian experience in Grand-South Cameroon

Do Organizational Factors Affect Individual Scientist’s Productivity? A Comparative and Multilevel Analysis of Nigeria and Ghana Agricultural Research Systems

Paper Session 3B: Agriculture, nutrition, and health linkages

The Interaction between Health and Farm Labor Productivity in Africa

A synergetic linkage between agriculture, nutrition and health

Impact of HIV/AIDS on the productivity of farm households in Abia State, Nigeria

Health Shocks and Agricultural Production: Evidence from Ghana

Paper Session 3C: Agriculture and climate change mitigation and adaptation

The Micro-Economics of Climate Change Adaptation in Maize Production: The Case of Murewa District in Zimbabwe

Approximating the Cost of Soil Carbon Sequestration on Mt. Kilimanjaro using a Dynamic Optimization Model

Targeted food security and carbon benefits from soil fertility replenishment agroforestry technologies

Integrated global assessment of the Economics of Land Degradation: The case of sub-Saharan Africa

Plenary Session 6: Agriculture transformation in Africa

Plenary Session 7: Strengthening capacity for agricultural science and technology in Africa

Plenary Session 8: Strategies for raising and sustaining high agricultural productivity in Africa

Poster Session 2A: Participatory Radio: An effective model for enhancing food security in Africa

Poster Session 2B: Agriculture, nutrition, and health linkages

Exploring new metrics: nutritional diversity of cropping systems

Rice farmers productivity in Nigeria: How has malaria not helped

Home gardening as a coping strategy for urban and peri urban households: The case of Mutare city, Manicaland province, Zimbabwe during the 2008 hyperinflation period

Poster Session 2C: Agriculture and climate change mitigation and adaptation

Contribution of conservation agriculture in rainfed crop water productivity improvement.  A case study of maize rainfed system in central Malawi

Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change in Chivi District of Zimbabwe

Economic Assessment of investment in soil conservation: the case of erosion control facilities in the catchment of Lake Lagdo in Cameroon

Watermelon (citrullus lanatus) live mulch climatic adaptation capabilities in African humid tropics’ cropping system

Plenary Session 9: Scenarios for the future of the small farm in Africa

Plenary Session 10: How comprehensive is the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) in guiding Africa’s agricultural development?

Paper Session 4A: Harnessing the non-farm sector, economic growth, & poverty reduction for increased agricultural productivity and food security

The Non-Farm Sector as a Catalyst for Poverty Reduction in the Niger-Delta Region, Nigeria

Farm household’s entry and exit into and from non-farm enterprises in rural Ethiopia: Does clustering play a role?

Non-Farm Income Diversification and Welfare Status of Rural Households in South West Zone of Nigeria

A Polycentric approach to rural poverty reduction: Case of Zambian smallholder farmers

Non-Farm Income Diversification and Welfare Status of Rural Households in South West Zone of Nigeria

Paper Session 4B: Agriculture, nutrition, and health linkages

Understanding the Linkage between Agricultural Productivity and Nutrient Consumption: Evidence from Uganda

Health, nutrition and agricultural production: evidence from rural households in Burkina Faso

Forests, biodiversity and food security

Paper Session 4C: Agriculture and climate change mitigation and adaptation

Determinants of Farm Household Food Expenditure and Implications for Food Security and Nutrition in Rural Kenya

Unraveling Soil Fertility Dilemma By Smallholders In Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi Have A Role To Play?

Effects of drought tolerance on maize yield in Sub-Saharan Africa

Comparative analysis of maize based livelihoods in drought prone regions of eastern Africa: Adaptation lessons for climate change

Climate change adaptation strategies for maize and wheat production in Sub-Saharan Africa: a quantitative assessment using crop simulation and spatial modeling

Plenary Session 11: Food security in Africa today; a synopsis

Plenary Session 12: What are the priorities for taking action to increase agricultural productivity and enhancing food security in Africa?

Plenary Session 13: Conclusion and way forward