Sheahan, MeganBarrett, Christopher B.2014-10-022014-10-022014-08https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20346Conventional wisdom holds that Sub-Saharan African farmers use few modern inputs despite the fact that most growth-inducing and poverty-reducing agricultural growth in the region is expected to come largely from expanded use of inputs that embody improved technologies, particularly improved seed, fertilizers and other agro-chemicals, machinery, and irrigation. Yet following several years of high food prices, concerted policy efforts to intensify fertilizer and hybrid seed use, and increased public and private investment in agriculture, how low is modern input use in Africa really? This paper revisits Africa's agricultural input landscape, exploiting the unique, recently collected, nationally representative, agriculturally intensive, and cross-country comparable Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on Agriculture covering six countries in the region (Ethiopia, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda). The study uses data from more than 22,000 households and 62,000 plots to investigate a range of commonly held conceptions about modern input use in Africa, distilling the most striking and important findings into 10 key takeaway descriptive results.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOADMINISTRATIVE REGIONSAGRICULTURAL AREASAGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVESAGRICULTURAL DATAAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTSAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICESAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDSAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATIONAGRICULTURAL OPERATIONSAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PLOTAGRICULTURAL PLOTSAGRICULTURAL PRACTICESAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY GROWTHAGRICULTURAL SEASONAGRICULTUREAGROCHEMICALSANIMAL TRACTIONANIMALSARABLE LANDATTAINABLE YIELDSAVERAGE YIELDSBARLEYBEANSCASSAVACGIARCHEMICAL FERTILIZERSCHEMICAL USECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECOCOACOFFEECOMMERCIAL SEEDCOMPOSTCONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHCONSUMPTION AGGREGATECONSUMPTION PER CAPITACONSUMPTION QUINTILESCOOPERATIVE FARMINGCOOPERATIVESCORNCOTTONCOWPEASCROPCROP CHOICECROP LANDCROP LOSSESCROP PRODUCTIONCROP RESIDUESCROP TYPESCROP VARIETIESCROP YIELDSCROPSCULTIVATED LANDCULTIVATIONDISEASESDIVERSIFICATIONDURUM WHEATECOLOGICAL ZONEECOLOGICAL ZONESECONOMICSEQUIPMENTEXPORT CROPSFALLOW LANDFAOFARMFARM IRRIGATIONFARM MANAGEMENTFARM PROFITABILITYFARM SIZEFARMERFARMERSFARMINGFARMING HOUSEHOLDSFARMING INTENSITYFARMING SYSTEMFARMING SYSTEMSFARMSFERTILIZERFERTILIZER APPLICATIONFERTILIZER APPLICATIONSFERTILIZER PRICESFERTILIZER SUBSIDYFERTILIZER USEFERTILIZERSFOOD PRICESFUNGIFUNGICIDESGERMPLASMGRAINGRAINSGREEN REVOLUTIONGROUNDNUTGROUNDNUTSGROWING SEASONHARVESTSHECTARES OF LANDHERBICIDESHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD HEADSHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN CAPITALHYBRID SEEDHYBRID SEEDSIFPRIINCIDENCE OF PESTSINDIVIDUAL FARMERSINORGANIC FERTILIZERSINSECTICIDESIRRIGATION TECHNOLOGIESLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLAND PREPARATIONLAND RIGHTSLAND SIZELIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPLIVING STANDARDSMAIZEMANUAL WEEDINGMANUREMARKETINGMILLETNITROGENORGANIC MANUREPEST MANAGEMENTPEST PRESSUREPESTICIDEPESTICIDESPHOSPHATEPIGEON PEASPLANTINGPLOWINGPOOR CONSUMERSPRODUCEPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHREGIONAL AVERAGEREGIONAL BREAKDOWNREGIONAL LEVELREGIONAL VARIATIONRICERURAL AREASRURAL POPULATIONRURAL SERVICESSEEDSEED VARIETIESSEEDSSMALL-SCALE IRRIGATIONSMALLHOLDER FARMERSSOIL EROSIONSOIL FERTILITYSOIL HEALTHSOIL QUALITYSORGHUMSOYBEANSSUBSISTENCETOBACCOUREAUSE OF PESTICIDESWATER SOURCEWEEDSWHEATYIELDS10.1596/1813-9450-7014