Transforming Agriculture in Africa & Asia From metrics to policy priorities

1. Transforming Agriculture in
Africa & Asia
From metrics to policy
priorities
David Laborde,
Tess Lallemant, Kieran
McDougal, Carin Smaller
Fousseini Traore

2. Our approach
Stages of
Inclusive
Agricultural
Transformation
Country
Contexts
Policy
Categories
Prioritized
Papers
Reviewed

3. Phases of Inclusive Agricultural
Transformation
Data driven process via
clustering analysis
1970-2015
No a priori category

4. 6 Phases of Inclusive Agricultural
Transformation

5. Not a linear process or a uniform
experience

8. 5 Country Contexts

9. Interactive Dashboard
online

10. Countries can learn
from each other
Transformed
Countries
Focus Countries
High Birth Rates and Scarce
Land
China, Indonesia, Malaysia,
South Korea, Vietnam
Ethiopia, India, Kenya and
Rwanda
High Birth Rates and Scarce
but Fertile Land
Ghana, Thailand Burkina Faso, Malawi,
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia
Abundant and Fertile Land
Brazil, Colombia Mali, Mozambique and
Zimbabwe
Abundant but Infertile Land
Chile, Costa Rica, Morocco,
Peru, South Africa

11. To policy priority matrices

12. • Data driven approach to classify countries in
terms of agricultural transformation
• Transformation context often determines whether
to push agriculture or pull people out of farming.
• Past policy analysis and priority settings
• Future directions: additional information for more
granular analysis
Conclusions
Find more at https://iisd.org/agricultural-transformation/