Contents: Introduction: Setting the Stage; Agricultural Recovery and Structural Transformation in African Countries; Globalisation and Structural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa; Accelerating Africa's Structural Transformation: Lessons from East Asia; Technology Profitability and Agricultural Transformation: Concepts, Evidence, and Policy Implications; Agricultural Biotechnology: Current and Future Trends and Implications for Africa; Efficiency and Equity in Public Investment in Agriculture: Lessons from Soil Fertility Research in Kenya; The Impact of Market Reform on Agricultural Transformation in Mali; False Promise or False Premise?; The Experience of Food and Input Market Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa; Building African Scientific and Managerial Capacity for Transforming Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Synthesis: What Have We Learned About Promoting Agricultural Transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa?; Challenges for the Future.