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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255025703321

Autore

Depetris Chauvin Nicolas

Titolo

Agricultural Supply Chains, Growth and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : Market Structure, Farm Constraints and Grass-root Institutions / / by Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Guido Porto, Francis Mulangu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 192 p. 82 illus., 77 illus. in color.)

Collana

Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, , 2198-7262

Disciplina

338.16

Soggetti

Development economics

Agricultural economics

Social structure

Equality

Economic growth

Economic policy

Development Economics

Agricultural Economics

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Economic Growth

Economic Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: The Welfare Impact of Agricultural Supply Chains, Market Structure and Farm Constraints -- Part II: The Role of Non Market Institutions in Sub Saharan Agriculture.

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops supply chains in six African countries, characterizing their markets structures and domestic competition policies. At the farm level, the book studies the constraints faced by



small holders to increase productivity and break out of a vicious cycle in which low productivity exacerbates vulnerability to poverty. In a series of micro case studies, the project explores how cooperatives and institutions may help overcome these constraints. This book will appeal to scholars and policy makers seeking instruments to promote increased agriculture productivity, resolve food security issues, and promote agribusiness by diversifying exports and increasing trade and competitiveness.