Includes bibliographical references and index.

The demographic challenges -- The need for inclusive agricultural growth at the heart of Africa's economic transition -- Ecosystems : reconciling conservation, production and sustainable management -- Entangled issues in need of clarification -- Agricultural transitions and the weight of government policies -- Land policy : a linchpin of economic development and social peace -- Innovation systems and support mechanisms -- Toward a regional food market priority -- Financing agricultural and rural transitions -- Building human capital and promoting farmers and their organizations -- Views of a Senegalese agricultural leader -- A Kenyan agricultural leader's standpoint -- Views of a Burkinabe small farmer leader -- Rethinking agricultural policy.

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