Delgado reviews the dominant strategies of agricultural development in Africa since 1960, explores their intellectual roots and evolution, and shows how they have shaped current thinking. Despite this shifting search for a magic bullet to put the continent on the path to sustained agricultural development, Delgado argues, the challenges remain greater than ever. The paper states that there may be an emerging consensus about the key issues that need to be addressed. These include raising agricultural productivity, lowering high transportation costs, increasing rural employment, re-integrating remote and difficult areas into national growth strategies, and ensuring that Africans design and implement future strategies. According to Delgado, actions to resolve these issues will be much more effective if African governments and their foreign partners invest heavily in Africans and African institutions, which can ensure continuity in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of development strategies.
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