Physical infrastructure must support the capacity of African countries to rehabilitate and develop rural and agricultural infrastructure through investments in: (a) marketing processing and storage facilities, (c) irrigation facilities, and (d) relevant modes of transportation. Investment in essential infrastructure and sen/ices for rural communities can provide considerable potential for rural job creation in farming, agro-processing and rural industry. Policies can also focus on identifying and promoting the use of simple technologies that can increase farm outputs and link farmers with agricultural research institutions and markets. For example, buyer-seller networks for agricultural produce can be organised through mobile phone networks, and such schemes have been introduced in some countries such as Bangladesh.