Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa

This chapter discusses how accounting for macroeconomic perspectives when establishing agricultural policies can help African governments ensure that their agricultural sectors become productive, competitive, and lucrative across agricultural value chains. It presents the two-way linkages between ag...

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Autores principales: Mukasa, Adamon N., Ndung’u, Njuguna, Shimeles, Abebe
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142066
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author Mukasa, Adamon N.
Ndung’u, Njuguna
Shimeles, Abebe
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description This chapter discusses how accounting for macroeconomic perspectives when establishing agricultural policies can help African governments ensure that their agricultural sectors become productive, competitive, and lucrative across agricultural value chains. It presents the two-way linkages between agricultureled growth strategies and macroeconomic policies by focusing on price, fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and trade policies. It also discusses the main constraints to effective agricultural policy and the options for integrating agricultural perspectives when developing macroeconomic policies.
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spelling CGSpace1420662025-11-06T03:55:29Z Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa Mukasa, Adamon N. Ndung’u, Njuguna Shimeles, Abebe value chains seed fertilizers agricultural production macroeconomic analysis policies agriculture macroeconomics trade agrifood systems public policies food systems This chapter discusses how accounting for macroeconomic perspectives when establishing agricultural policies can help African governments ensure that their agricultural sectors become productive, competitive, and lucrative across agricultural value chains. It presents the two-way linkages between agricultureled growth strategies and macroeconomic policies by focusing on price, fiscal, monetary, exchange rate, and trade policies. It also discusses the main constraints to effective agricultural policy and the options for integrating agricultural perspectives when developing macroeconomic policies. 2020-10-01 2024-05-22T12:09:54Z 2024-05-22T12:09:54Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142066 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293946 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute AKADEMIYA2063 Mukasa, Adamon N.; Ndung’u, Njuguna; and Shimeles, Abebe. 2020. Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa. In 2020 Annual trends and outlook report: Sustaining Africa's agrifood system transformation: The role of public policies. Resnick, Danielle; Diao, Xinshen; and Tadesse, Getaw (Eds). Chapter 12, Pp. 144-158. Washington, DC, and Kigali: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and AKADEMIYA2063. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293946_12.
spellingShingle value chains
seed
fertilizers
agricultural production
macroeconomic analysis
policies
agriculture
macroeconomics
trade
agrifood systems
public policies
food systems
Mukasa, Adamon N.
Ndung’u, Njuguna
Shimeles, Abebe
Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa
title Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa
title_full Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa
title_fullStr Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa
title_full_unstemmed Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa
title_short Aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in Africa
title_sort aligning macroeconomic policies for agricultural transformation in africa
topic value chains
seed
fertilizers
agricultural production
macroeconomic analysis
policies
agriculture
macroeconomics
trade
agrifood systems
public policies
food systems
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142066
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