Agricultural Productivity, Poverty Reduction and Inclusive Growth in Africa: Linkages and Pathways

Effect of Labor Productivity on Poverty in West Kalimantan

“…Suwardi (2012) found in his research that agricultural productivity and the number of workers in the non-agricultural sector have a significant negative relationship with the number of poor people. Increased labor productivity provides a positive indication of the tendency for increased income and economic growth through additional output, (Kurniasih, 2016) and in the research of Thath (2016) and Ogundipe et al (2017) suggest that increasing agricultural labor productivity is the key to poverty reduction and agricultural value added per worker (labor productivity) contribute significantly to rural poverty reduction in Africa.…”

Agriculture as a Stimulant for Sustainable Development in ECOWAS

“…The major advantage of the SL theory is that it is focused on individuals and their livelihoods instead of resources and their exhaustion. 37 Therefore, the model for this study was adopted from the empirical work of Ogundipe et al, 6 and the model assumed a linear relationship of the poverty (proxy for SDG 1) determinants in West Africa, which are specified in implicit form as:…”

“…Ogundipe et al 6 examined the effect of agricultural productivity on poverty reduction in Africa using the dynamic panel data approach and the System-GMM technique for the period from 1991 to 2015. The results from this study revealed that the agricultural value added per worker contributed significantly to reducing poverty in Africa.…”

“…4.5 Harnessing the agricultural potential in West Africa is essential for the reduction of the rate of poverty and the attainment of sustainable development. 6 The basis for this study rests on the argument that, compared to other sectors of the West African economies, sustainable development will be attained quickly using agriculture as the headlamp. This is because an increase in agricultural production raises rural household income per-capita, which may not be the case for other sectors.…”

Effective Technical Business In Agricultural Food Crops In Lamongan Regency

“…Food crop agriculture Lamongan Regency has two sides of the chain which is the first opposite on the positive side is a fairly wide area of land compared to the number of workers who work in the agricultural sector [9], [10], the majority of residents who have higher and continues to grow so that the livelihoods of the agricultural sector will experience a decline but agricultural technology can turn it around [11]- [14], a strategic area in conducting business in the agricultural sector namely gerbangkertasusila so that it can improve development in the Lamongan Regency area, an integrated transportation system both regional and national roads [7], [8], [15]. source: MaxDEA 7, processed Negative Side of Agriculture Food crops in Lamongan Regency, namely the relatively fast growing population has an impact on the need for reduced agricultural land, resulting in land function experts [16], [17], focused activity concentration in Lamongan District, the region runs less optimally and special agricultural investment from the government is needed [18], agricultural businesses or businesses that are still not well organized by the government, thus affecting farmers' selling prices resulting in sustainable poverty [19].…”