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Learning from past success of research in influencing agricultural policies FARA General Assembly Theme 3 Lindiwe Majele Sibanda Sandton, South Africa 14 June 2007 [Download presentation - 1.2Mb ~ 7 min]   [Share with a friend] The Wanjiku-2005 Land Owned -1 hectare Main Crops- Staples Yield Maize 100kg/ha Seeds used-recycled Fertilizer used: 0.1 of .recommended levels Agricultural Implements owned-hand hoe, No livestock Linking research to policy The WHAT and the HOW! 10% national budgetary allocations to agriculture! To be spent on what? Overall economic impact? How will research help Wanjiku out of poverty? "Policy research on African agriculture is long on prescriptions for what needs to be done to spur agricultural growth but short on how…" (Omamo, 2004)

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