Fixing Famine: How Technology and Incentives Can Help Feed Africa                                                                       
In this Policy Comment, Daniel Sacks and Jasson Urbach discuss how lifting restrictions on four simple agricultural technologies can make small plots of lands more productive and increase farmers’ outputs and incomes.

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Halting Hunger: Long-Term Solutions to Systemic Problems in African Agriculture                            

Government intervention in agricultural markets prevents the growth of commercial agricultural sectors.  To combat hunger and to encourage development, African governments need to embark on reforms that allow farmers to use agriculture to improve their lives.

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Land Tenure Security and Agricultural Productivity
In this Mercatus on Policy, Karol Boudreaux and Daniel Sacks explore the impact of a major factor in agricultural productivity: land tenure security.  Tenure security can increase access to capital and encourage investment, both key factors in long-term productivity. 

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