Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation

Madagascar’s economy showed little progress during the decade from 2009 to 2019, growing at an average rate of just 2.9 percent per year, which is only marginally higher than the population growth rate of 2.7 percent (World Bank 2023). The global COVID-19 pandemic pushed the economy into negative gr...

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Autores principales: Pauw, Karl, Randriamamonjy, Josee, Thurlow, James, Diao, Xinshen, Ellis, Mia
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131437
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author Pauw, Karl
Randriamamonjy, Josee
Thurlow, James
Diao, Xinshen
Ellis, Mia
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Ellis, Mia
Pauw, Karl
Randriamamonjy, Josee
Thurlow, James
author_facet Pauw, Karl
Randriamamonjy, Josee
Thurlow, James
Diao, Xinshen
Ellis, Mia
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description Madagascar’s economy showed little progress during the decade from 2009 to 2019, growing at an average rate of just 2.9 percent per year, which is only marginally higher than the population growth rate of 2.7 percent (World Bank 2023). The global COVID-19 pandemic pushed the economy into negative growth in 2020, while drought, flooding, and storm damages in 2021 and 2022 had further adverse impacts on the economy. Current projections suggest the economy will achieve growth of 4.2 percent in 2023 and 4.6 percent in 2024, which are well above pre-pandemic growth rates (World Bank 2023). Agriculture is a relatively important sector in Madagascar, accounting for nearly 30 percent of GDP and more than 60 percent of employment. The poor performance of the agriculture sector in the 2009 to 2019 period—the sector grew at only 0.5 percent per year—was an important reason for weak growth overall (INSTAT 2020). In this brief, we unpack the historical and projected economic growth trajectory further to better understand the role of agriculture as well as the broader agrifood system (AFS) in the performance and transformation of the economy of Madagascar.
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spelling CGSpace1314372025-11-06T04:39:27Z Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation Pauw, Karl Randriamamonjy, Josee Thurlow, James Diao, Xinshen Ellis, Mia agrifood systems value chains markets agriculture labour productivity off-farm employment poverty diet quality jobs development gross national product rice livestock Madagascar’s economy showed little progress during the decade from 2009 to 2019, growing at an average rate of just 2.9 percent per year, which is only marginally higher than the population growth rate of 2.7 percent (World Bank 2023). The global COVID-19 pandemic pushed the economy into negative growth in 2020, while drought, flooding, and storm damages in 2021 and 2022 had further adverse impacts on the economy. Current projections suggest the economy will achieve growth of 4.2 percent in 2023 and 4.6 percent in 2024, which are well above pre-pandemic growth rates (World Bank 2023). Agriculture is a relatively important sector in Madagascar, accounting for nearly 30 percent of GDP and more than 60 percent of employment. The poor performance of the agriculture sector in the 2009 to 2019 period—the sector grew at only 0.5 percent per year—was an important reason for weak growth overall (INSTAT 2020). In this brief, we unpack the historical and projected economic growth trajectory further to better understand the role of agriculture as well as the broader agrifood system (AFS) in the performance and transformation of the economy of Madagascar. 2023-07-10 2023-08-08T09:32:58Z 2023-08-08T09:32:58Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131437 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Pauw, Karl; Randriamamonjy, Josee; Thurlow, James; Diao, Xinshen; and Ellis, Mia. 2023. Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation. Agrifood System Diagnostics Country Series 7. https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136800.
spellingShingle agrifood systems
value chains
markets
agriculture
labour productivity
off-farm employment
poverty
diet quality
jobs
development
gross national product
rice
livestock
Pauw, Karl
Randriamamonjy, Josee
Thurlow, James
Diao, Xinshen
Ellis, Mia
Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
title Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
title_full Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
title_fullStr Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
title_full_unstemmed Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
title_short Madagascar’s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
title_sort madagascar s agrifood system structure and drivers of transformation
topic agrifood systems
value chains
markets
agriculture
labour productivity
off-farm employment
poverty
diet quality
jobs
development
gross national product
rice
livestock
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/131437
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