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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824175703321

Titolo

African agricultural reforms : : the role of consensus and institutions / / edited by M. Ataman Aksoy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-78299-4

9786613693389

0-8213-9544-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

pages cm

Collana

Directions in development. Trade

Altri autori (Persone)

AksoyM. Ataman <1945->

Disciplina

338.1867

Soggetti

Agriculture and state - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Agricultural productivity - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Agricultural development projects - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

; Overview / M. Ataman Aksoy, John Baffes, Donald Mitchell, Anil Onal, and Fahrettin Yagci -- ; Cross-cutting analysis -- Consensus, institutions, and supply response: the political economy of agricultural reforms in SSA / M. Ataman Aksoy and Anil Onal -- International commodity prices, exchange rates and producer prices / Anil Onal and M. Ataman Aksoy -- An empirical analysis of supply response for selected export crops in Sub-Saharan Africa / Anil Onal -- How Africa missed the cotton revolution / John Baffes -- Coffee in Uganda and Vietnam: why they performed so differently / John Baffes and Anil Onal -- ; Case studies: what went wrong, right, and why -- Mozambique cashew reforms revisited / M. Ataman Aksoy and Fahrettin Yagci -- The Tanzania cashew sector: why market reforms were not sustained / Donald Mitchell and Mwombeki Baregu -- Kenya smallholder coffee and tea: divergent trends following liberalization / Donald Mitchell -- The Tanzania tobacco sector: how market reforms succeeded / Donald Mitchell and Mwombeki Baregu -- Performance of Zambia's cotton sector under partial reforms / Fahrettin Yagci and M. Ataman Aksoy.

Sommario/riassunto

During the 1990's, SSA countries initiated agricultural policy reforms to increase producer incentives and increase growth. Yet, agricultural



growth rates after the reforms have been uneven. This has been attributed to lack of supporting infrastructure or the inability to respond to incentives by the smallholders. Based on ten studies, this volume provides a different framework to interpret the outcomes. First, it attributes the success of the reforms to the degree of consensus around the reform programs, which in turn, creates the institutions that can accommodate unexpected shocks.